ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photos by @carltonward | In a single week in November, four Florida panthers were killed by vehicles. One was a rare female in the northern Everglades. Florida panthers are the last remaining population of pumas surviving in the eastern United States. Fewer than 20 remained in 1973 when the panther became one of the first animals on the endangered species list. Today conservation efforts have helped numbers rebound to nearly 200. But recovery remains tenuous. The population is isolated to southern Florida and needs to triple to be genetically stable. Of the four or five female panthers documented in the northern Everglades since 2016, three have been dead on the road. In these photos: 1. Florida panther kittens receive veterinary care at White Oak Conservation. They were rehabilitated and released after their mother was hit by a car. 2. Florida’s population is growing by more than a thousand people a day. New roads and expanding development are encroaching on remaining panther habitat. 3. Most panthers living in Florida zoos were rescued after their mothers were killed by cars. 4. When connected habitat is protected on both sides of a road, wildlife underpasses work well to safeguard wildlife and motorists. 5. A Florida panther kitten lies dead on the side of US 29 where the roadway cuts through the Florida Wildlife Corridor east of Naples. Most road kills occur in places where land protection and wildlife crossings are not complete. 6. This 2018 photo shows the first female panther documented in the northern Everglades since 1973. She is followed by two kittens. The only hope for continued panther recovery is for the breeding population to expand northward. Learn more from the National Geographic magazine story at the link in bio, and from the new Nat Geo book and film about my work, "Path of the Panther." The @PathofthePanther project was supported by @insidenatgeo.」11月25日 23時00分