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Rare Florida panther needs more habitat to thrive.
Byline: Curtis Morgan
MIAMI _ If the endangered Florida panther is to survive over the next century, it will need a second and even third home outside the South Florida marshes and forests where development has caged it.
But the secretive cat isn't going to find new haunts on its own _ it's going to have to be trapped and then trucked there by scientists.
A transplanting effort is the critical, and potentially controversial, component of a new panther recovery plan released this week by federal wildlife managers in charge of the cat's long-term recovery.
The plan, issued in draft form for public comment, also stresses the importance of preserving panther habitat, particularly in sprawling Southwest Florida, where most of the estimated 87 or so breeding adults live, and of reducing the numbers of cats run down by cars and trucks.
But even protecting wildlands left in the panther's current range…
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