What a comeback, all the way to the Stanley Cup. Love to see it

@C-McK

11 ай бұрын

Was hoping to see a comment like this 😂

@markustucker9174

11 ай бұрын

@@C-McKsame i came here just for this comment 😂

@flashdoodle7135

11 ай бұрын

Same

@VenomBlazeCoCGaming

11 ай бұрын

Same

@ImGettinWeird

11 ай бұрын

Someone had to do it, I came here to do it myself

As a Floridian, I grew up being told that our panthers were basically extinct. So glad to see them recover.

@S.Trades

4 ай бұрын

Yes, definitely!

Preserve these cats. Be proud of what you have.

@JSauer21

11 ай бұрын

Take some of the ones in Colorado while you're at it, they're getting overpopulated here. Not sure how a species that's not even endangered almost went "extinct", Florida isn't the whole world lol

@alanmcmillan6969

11 ай бұрын

@@JSauer21 But it is the only big cat in America. Be proud of that!

@jamessparkman6604

11 ай бұрын

@@alanmcmillan6969 here’s a great idea teach these creatures to hunt pythons in the Florida Everglades. They should lose their fear of pythons and get confident enough to hunt pythons big or small.

@sarahlovely

11 ай бұрын

@@jamessparkman6604 not that easy bud

@jamessparkman6604

11 ай бұрын

@@sarahlovely that’s where all the hard work should come in handy for what it’s worth. Once they take the first bite of the python they’ll want to even more.

Awesome. Proud to hear this as a floridian. Please, no matter your stance, democrat or republican lets keep doing this good work. Conservation and saving the panther should never have to be a dividing factor.

@thunderwatch8463

11 ай бұрын

100% this!

@yeahokbuddy2510

11 ай бұрын

Lol yet the democrats and mostly republicans constantly produce policies and laws that destroy nature. It’s ironic

@Faron837

11 ай бұрын

arent republicans the ones who support deregulating pollution and industry?

@johnnymcblaze

11 ай бұрын

Florida panthers had a natural mutation that made them all black. Evidence has been released that proves realistate and development companies broke hundreds of laws to illegally remove them from their territory and then build over their habitat. So out of state cougars were moved from Texas, to Florida to help stop the public outcry, just in case the sheep ever figure it all out. The black Florida panther is gone, and people are so very stupid.

@johnnymcblaze

11 ай бұрын

​@@Faron837 The wealthy support deregulation and increased pollution, because they live in neighborhoods away from polluted rivers and toxic facilities. The trick is, you have to convince half of the peasant population into blaming the other half for everything, that way there's no accountability at the top, because most discussions dissolve into mindless arguments about identity politics.

They are beautiful animals. They deserve to be free, have land and room to flourish.

As a native Floridian I love seeing them coming back I've seen one face to face and 3 on camera. So beautiful so majestic

The Florida I was raised to appreciate

It’s very rare that a cattle rancher will see the big picture and not just the cows. More ranchers like him are needed

@Mrbfgray

11 ай бұрын

Actually it's the norm. Do you even know any ranchers? I do.

@SDA1997

11 ай бұрын

@@Mrbfgray no it’s not 😂😂 ranchers only care about their livestock

@Mrbfgray

11 ай бұрын

@@SDA1997 The one's you know personally? Or is that your public school and garbage establishment media indoctrination? (sarcasm would be appropriate but you don't seem that clever)

@AnonymousReviewer-zn2dk

11 ай бұрын

@@Mrbfgray Are you suggesting public schools and television are teaching people to think ranchers are evil? I sincerely doubt ranchers are even mentioned up in those two mediums.

@Mrbfgray

11 ай бұрын

@@AnonymousReviewer-zn2dk Certainly teaching that livestock raising is 'evil', have you not noticed?? The UK and Holland are even demanding the elimination of substantial portions of domestic beef cows, Canada likely next and as the USA sprints toward the USSA, Authoritarianism/Marxism--who knows when we'll all be punished for everything we do over climate hysteria nonsense. Granted factory farms tend to be degrading and detrimental in many ways, cow farts isn't one of them. (methane only lasts a decade and half in the atmosphere, conveniently ignored by popular fear mongering Establishment Media Mafia) Free range cattle, as well as wild herbivores obviously, can be integral to a healthy landscape but such nuance is completely missed by simplistic indoctrination.

Very good to hear there is hope for these beautiful cats, and the ranchers, too.

Bob Ross (The Joy of Painting) would be glad to hear this. Bob mentioned Florida Panthers a couple times during episodes of The Joy of Painting T.V. series that aired in the 1980s and 1990s. At that time, he said he could remember hearing Florida Panthers crying out at night when they were more common during his childhood growing up in Florida. He said that "They are sort of rare now" when the episodes were airing in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Bob died in 1995. I'm sure he would have been happy to learn that their numbers are finally rebounding.

May the Florida panther live on forever

Im glad they're making a comeback and the hockey team go Panthers 🙂

@Puckerni91

Жыл бұрын

As a Canes fan living in NE Florida this is fantastic as the Bruins keep taking the L

@chrisgullett4332

11 ай бұрын

They never went anywhere. They are cougars, and cougars are the most widespread animal on Earth. They are far from being extinct.

@Brock_900

11 ай бұрын

@@chrisgullett4332 this subspecies of cougar is far smaller than what you'd find in the mountains out west.

@chrisgullett4332

11 ай бұрын

@@Brock_900 There is only two subspecies of cougar, North American and South American. There is no subspecies in Florida. Florida Panther is just a nickname. Literally almost every single state and every region of North and South America have their own name for a cougar, which is why the cougar holds the Guinness world record for the animal with most nicknames.

@SukEngTows

11 ай бұрын

@@Puckerni91 ...

the state of Florida needs to provide an extensive network of wildlife corridors for the panthers to survive connectining all wilderness areas throughout the state

@rebeccaspratling2865

11 ай бұрын

Amen.

@retracted3383

11 ай бұрын

We are

@223fukyew

11 ай бұрын

The Yankees will not have it they prefer to develop all the land and turn it into golf courses and condos for their old fat retired a$$es

@krnpowr

11 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking. Why can't they build a bridge over said river so more female panthers can cross? CA is doing that over freeways so that mountain lion populations are no longer isolated and diversify their gene pools.

South Florida native here and I proudly be driving around Miami with my cat tag license plate to support these beautiful animals, There’s a lot of people down here that didn’t even know we had panthers and ask me why my Florida license plate has a cougar on it

@mtadams2009

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support.

@Lateralus1007

11 ай бұрын

Don’t u guy’s literally have a hockey team named after the cat?😂

@AJ-bb1tc

11 ай бұрын

​@@Lateralus1007exactly 😂😂

@Lateralus1007

11 ай бұрын

@@AJ-bb1tc 😹😸👍

@fleafly70

11 ай бұрын

Just another example of how dumb Floridians are, lol.

Beautiful big cat. I hope they will increase more and more.

@wileyjohnson5681

Жыл бұрын

Why?

@TheDevilHydraProds2002

Жыл бұрын

​@@wileyjohnson5681 The ecosystem needs them, and more predators to control certain animal populations like deer. Grizzly Bears, Red Wolves, Gray Wolves, Panthers, and Jaguars used to be quite extant across the US, but they were hunted to near extinction, and it led to the rise of several invasive species.

@tomallen4735

11 ай бұрын

Might help with the burmese issue

@AJ-bb1tc

11 ай бұрын

​@@wileyjohnson5681cause nature is very rare now in days is just liek asking why is your life important genius 😂

So happy for these beautiful felines.

I hope these Cats can win a Stanley Cup and bring it to south Florida

Love these cats, never heard of a fatal attack. Glad they are thriving.

@watermelonlover745

11 ай бұрын

Lies

@JSauer21

11 ай бұрын

Living in a state where they're borderline overpopulated, attacks occur every other year and are becoming more and more frequent over time as residential areas continue to encroach on their territory

@hopper-gb9kt

11 ай бұрын

@@JSauer21 what state?

@JSauer21

11 ай бұрын

@@hopper-gb9kt Colorado, particularly Northern Colorado

@krnpowr

11 ай бұрын

@@JSauer21 FL is the only state that has panthers. You might be thinking about mountain lions.

I had no idea that the Florida panther was making a comeback. How wonderful!

FLORIDA PANTHERS DO NOTHING BUT COME BACK!! LETS GO!!!

Always glad to see a success story for animals in danger of extinction. This are beautiful cat. There is a purpose for every living thing.

@JSauer21

11 ай бұрын

They were never in danger of going extinct, we have TONS of them in the Rocky Mountains. It's just a small population that lives in Florida that had their environment decimated, but still good to see them recovering there. Florida Panthers and Mountain Lions are the same species of animal aka Cougars

Loved the call of the baby near the end.

Well done ward...you have made a difference...these cats are beautiful..

Such a wonderful story! Beautiful cats and thank you to those working to preserve their habitat!

I live 30 minutes from downtown Orlando, I've seen a young panther about a year ago on one of the biking trails. It's sad these parks and wild life areas are going away due to the massive building / expansion going on, neighborhoods appearing out of nowhere left and right destroying the panthers natural habitats.

@LucyKelly-of6cu

5 ай бұрын

Stop the building! There is almost no nature left! It should be stopped! Other species should have rights, too!

It’s great what happens when we all work together

incredibly majestic creatures

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE save florida Panthers.... my heart is crying tears of blood !!! Kindly save them !!!

Save the Florida. Panther❤🐊🐗

Even though I'm not floridian it still warms my heart to see an endangered species come back from the brink! That is such a beautiful panther as well. Good luck and much love to Baabs, the Panthers, and all of Florida from Texas!

Spotted an Adult Florida Panther near Citrus Park ( West Tampa ) Coordinates: 28.047481654275337, -82.55796900130879 - around this time last year. Was spectacular, and stunning! This development is off a wildlife preserve. I thought it was a big dog at first wondering where it's owner was and why it wasn't on a leash, then it started to walk and I realized, it walked like a cat, it was a cat! As large or larger than a great dane! Truly beautiful.

5:00 “Naples, Florida.” Lived in Bonita Springs 1983-1985 and I remember a wildlife officer bringing “Tracker” a female panther to my elementary school in 1984. Really beautiful feline. Lived in Naples from 1985-1998.

Ada Florida resident I cannot be happy enough that this is happening please keep going!!

I’ve been to that nature center and it’s awesome, Florida is extremely developed, and it’s really sad to see all the nature that’s been destroyed

@Yarmox

11 ай бұрын

Only a dense part to the east. As long as they do not allow more to be built westward it will be ok.

@223fukyew

11 ай бұрын

@Yarmox the Yankees do not care about this land and they would have already cleat cut the entire everglades if they were allowed to do it. In a few more years and with a few more county commissioners who are from up north we will see it will happen.

@watermelonlover745

11 ай бұрын

Lies. Half the state is protected land and everyone is crowded in the same areas

@watermelonlover745

11 ай бұрын

@@joebidenistrash traffic

@Jbarack98

11 ай бұрын

That’s the world in general, only parts of Russia are truly wilderness and wild for hundreds of miles.

Florida Panthers 🤝 Florida Panthers (Hockey Team) Giving south Florida something to cheer about

Carlton Ward is the man! amazing work! great news and hope the FL Panther continues to thrive!

They used to reside throughout the entire south eastern United States. Would love to see them and red wolves restored to areas where large blocks of habitat remain

@andycockrum1212

11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I don’t think red wolves are ever going to come back. They can breed with coyotes and make fertile offspring. With coyotes wildly expanded range, they would breed any red wolves out of existence if they were ever moved

@Ssenivac

11 ай бұрын

You must not own any livestock.

@perrinpartee557

11 ай бұрын

@@Ssenivac my family was in cattle business in East Texas so I know the serious threat of wolves to the livelihood to farmers. But I do see where government subsidies through USDA could help offset losses in the name of conservation, restoring North American ecosystems. Like I said it would require some serious funding! But we need get our taxes for wealthy back to where they were pre-Reagan tax cuts. Everything is being cut now and there’s not enough funding allocated to conservation agencies.

@perrinpartee557

11 ай бұрын

@@Ssenivac case in point, a logger that cut some timber for me few years back has cattle and shot a big cat that was killing his calves near my farm in southern arkansas. The conflict is real and an economic threat. Government subsidies only way to make it happen. That’s how we’ve restored so much habitat is through programs like CRP, WRP, EQIP within USDA - NRCS

@Ssenivac

11 ай бұрын

@@perrinpartee557 so I was correct, you do not own any livestock. If your family has a cattle business (which I highly doubt) then you should know better. The rest of your reply is nonsense and you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. Let’s see what happens when your child an dog are killed.

I know. There up 3-0 on the hurricanes in the ecf right now. Shows how good drafting and trades helps you recover.

The idea to connect all the green spaces of Florida is genius! I’m happy to hear there is hope for them, I had no clue there were panthers, I just thought there were mountain lions.

@LucyKelly-of6cu

5 ай бұрын

They are pretty much the same species. They just have different names in different places.

love panthers.

Have started seeing more Florida Panthers on ranches that are on the East Coast area of Central Florida and yes the ranches work together as much as possible; also seeing a lot more pythons in the area. We used to see one, of each species every now and then over the decades; now the sightings are become more regular, most probably from the loss of habitat.

@writerconsidered

Жыл бұрын

If only we could get the panthers to hunt the pythons.

God bless that guy. Beautiful film. Beautiful creatures. They're scared as well as scarce. They have a right to the little scrapland left. May the Florida wildlife corridor survive stupid human tricks and always be there.

Really beautiful images of a mystical creature ❤

I saw a panther over 24 years ago so fast as it was hard to see in the dark. Also saw a bobcat. Both at night. Never forget about the panthers.

Florida Panthers make Stanley Cup Final

In my home state of Washington there is a healthy population of "cougars" as they are known as here though they are the same species as the Florida panther (Mountain Lion). Even in areas with excessively high numbers of cougars you could spend weeks walking around and never see one. Incredibly elusive cats and its so great to see the Florida population rebound. Hopefully someday we can see a full return of the cougar in its previous range in the Eastern United States

Props to Governor De Santis for his vital approval of preserving much needed land protection for wildlife and rural farms/families, this is amazing seeing this effort happen in that state.

@aldfjak

11 ай бұрын

HAHHAHAHAHA!! DeFascist has literally a 0% environmental record. you are hilarious

@rizaradri316

11 ай бұрын

@@aldfjak At least he done something. What? You expect him to tore down man made infrastructures for sake of the environment?

The Stanley cup brought them back ! Lol congrats Florida Panthers

@supershadowan

11 ай бұрын

😂

Nice to see a happy story in the news and especially happy to see these beautiful animals maybe a comeback!

I wish them nothing but success!!!!

Let's go Panthers!🏒😼

Babs is such a babe! I love this story! 😢

Just like the hockey team in Miami, both mammals are making a comeback.

They’re incredibly astounding, hopefully for this magnificent beautiful species they will be able to flourish and resurge. So sad how many species go extinct or are on the brink of it, due to the ignorance and cruelty of humans.🌏💔🐱

In South Florida I was sneaking( gardening) thru the woods at night and walked up on a pair of panthers. The male growled at me and ran off. The female stood her ground and hissed from about six feet away. People say I can hear animals. I tell you I heard her on a celluar primal level. She slinked off and stalked me for almost a mile thru the swamps. Coming back home after walking. I had two choices. I could go where the panthers were or wade chest deep thru a water hole. Where I could hear a huge gator coughing . I went the pather path. They were gone. The things I did for my customers!!!

They survived Bruins, Leafs and even went unshaved against the hurricanes

we are stewards of this earth props to this guy an the people who worked on this

@Aj747

11 ай бұрын

no we are not. we have been destroying the earth, this is the least we can do. We are not above other animals just because we are intelligent and have technology.

For the NHL Miami Panthers

Its pretty amazing to hear about that corridor! I didn't expect to see that in this day and age and especially not in Florida!

Well done Florida man, keep it up

I saw a big one in my driveway about 4 weeks ago. Very cool it jumped all the way over the road in one smooth bounce.

what a beautiful cat

Funny this comes out as the NHL Florida Panthers are on a sun run to the Stanley Cup

😊so happy for the Florida Panthers.

Although the state wildlife dept. will not acknowledge their existence in South Carolina, Fla. panthers do live here as well. I have personally seen one and I know numerous other folks - mostly deer and hog hunters - who have seen them. Long live the Florida panther !

I read that So. Florida is about to wipe out a bunch of this Panther habitat to build more soulless subdivisions. WHY?! THE GREED.

@rebeccaspratling2865

11 ай бұрын

Yes unfortunately. And the people moving here are so nasty when I ask them to think of the wildlife they're misplacing. 😩

Go panthers

I’m so happy to see this!!

Florida just keep surpriseing me with protection for the wild life.

Here in the South Dismal swamp area of N.C they're coming back, they're starting to cover eastern N.C again. Alot of them are melanistic to blend in with the dark swamp forest. You may see one in the piedmont cities, every now and then. I've personally seen one sitting beside the road, near a swamp, they're beautiful animals.

…and now the Florida Panther is on the brink of the Stanley Cup Finals. What a story

Florida Panthers are so beautiful & amazing. Hope they can ultimately overcome the genetic homogeneity of 20-30 common ancestors.

Let’s go PANTHERS

I went to the premier and got the chance to meet Mr.Ward and the people who made the documentary possible. It really opened my eyes, and it was beautifully captured!

He is soooooooo precious i.wish them the very best I hope they make a huge comeback in pray for them

Way to go kitties

Sounds like the hockey team isn't the only Panthers to have a turnaround! Great news!

Sergei Bobrovsky single-handedly putting the Florida Panthers back on the map 🙏🏼

Absolutely phenomenally good news, congratulations to all involved 👏👏👏

Beautiful 🙏💗

Have seen trailcam footage of one just outside Deltona this past year so I'd say they are becoming well established throughout the state.

This is the omen,Panthers will win Stanley for sure!!

Good, protect these beautiful Animals

Very cool!!! 🐈

Keep up the great work, Mr. Ward!

Natural beauty

Beautifully done news story. Recognize several sections of the presented footage filmed at Audubon's "Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary". The beauty and tranquility of the place speaks to the heart. Panther habitats are part of Corkscrew's ecosystems. Very rarely seen, yet perhaps watching you, they quietly roam everglade lands. May they continue to prosper.

While I am very much in support of efforts to expand the panthers in Florida, this story tends to give an inaccurate perception. The first Panther that I saw in the wild was over 20 years ago on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. We had a environmentalist assigned to our project. He showed up shortly after the big cat was spotted and watched for about 5 minutes by a several of us. When I told him about it, he told me there were no Panthers on Air Force property. I protested and eventually he admitted that they were there , but if they acknowledged that fact, it would make it much more complex for them to remove the deer and wild pigs that had become a major hazard to traffic and aircraft on the runway. He said if they acknowledge that there were Panthers there then they would not be able to remove these animals because they were a primary food source. Additionally I have seen them near the st. Johns River area since then. The biggest threat to the Panthers is the non-stop development in Florida . In the last three years they built a high-speed rail line from Orlando to Cocoa on the east coast. Each side of this rail line has a 4 to 8 foot high concrete retaining wall topped with a 6 ft tall chain-link fence. It cuts right through the Tosohatchee Wildlife Preserve and the only Bridges are for rivers and other roads. This has essentially stopped all Wildlife Crossings going north and south. This article gives the impression that the only Panthers were in the Everglades in South Florida and that somehow this one Panther was able to "swim the river" and apparently crosses back over to breed as if no other Panther can cross the river. While the majority of the population is in the Everglades area and sightings are rare elsewhere, they do exist throughout much of the state of Florida.

@sawboss5794

Жыл бұрын

This video was very misleading. These panthers were brought over from out west. They thrived and spread into Georgia. In spite of the development their numbers are not decreasing. They are migrating. They tend to be illusive but over the years we are seeing them in residential areas that are near their habitat.

@garymoore9413

Жыл бұрын

Yup, totally agree, according to the narrator only 20 or so in the late 90 s saw one in West Melbourne than.

@eberkovich

Жыл бұрын

@@sawboss5794 So, perhaps, the problem is not with the cougars but with the residential areas? And the reason their numbers are not decreasing (as they were in 1970s-1990s) are the corridors like the one they were showing and the programs based on learning their migration and feeding patterns. That's why their numbers are not decreasing today. From an almost weekly occurrence of Florida Panthers dying from car accidents we are down to one or two a YEAR. Or even less.

@eberkovich

Жыл бұрын

They did not say that Panthers did not live to the North of Caloosahatchee River. They said that females didn't live North of the river. The male migration patterns are far more expanded. They do wander in much much larger domains. Females stay in a reasonable proximity to their original area and their normal family den. So, I am not surprised that a male Florida Panther was found near Cocoa. But do you know if they had specifically found a native female (not a runaway) in Central Florida or Northern Florida? That would be interesting to know.

@perrinpartee557

Жыл бұрын

Florida panthers are a subspecies of mountain lion that ranged all the way west of the Mississippi to east Texas: they were found throughout the southeastern United States. Panthers and red wolves once roamed the southeastern United States as the top apex predator, but a combination of habitat loss and human/wildlife conflict led to the decline of Florida panthers with the only remaining population in the remote Everglades. Red wolves now only remain in the alligator NWR in North Carolina. Human habitat expansion is the reason we are losing wildlife. The more human populations grow & we expand into wildlife habitat, the less biodiversity/wildlife we will have. It should be our #1 priority in this country to Conserve, protect and manage our wild landscapes. We are losing habitat at an alarming rate.

This is good news! These beautiful panthers are now here to stay for years to come.

This is awesome! I’ve seen two over the years crossing the highway in the middle of the night. In South Georgia.

Amazing work!!!

0:35 Oh wow… that was both amazing and terrifying lol

A keystone species to the everglades, Florida Panthers are unique and beautiful animals. I feel Florida needs to build less homes and have more parks and nature reserves. There are so many species endemic to the Everglades, and if the Florida Government truly cares then they will greenlight any project that has to do with restoring ecosystems and cleaning up the environment.

They are so beautiful, and I hope that your resources can help them!!!...Panthers are 1 of my favs and to know that they are on the brink of extinction is 💔💔💔'n!!!...THERE'S HOPE AND I PRAY THAT THE WORLD UNDERSTANDS THAT WE CAN SAVE THE MOST UNIMAGINABLE!!!...ABSOLUTELY 1 OF THE PRICELESS CREATURES OF GOD'S CREATIONS!!!

@JbombTheGreat

11 ай бұрын

Panthers are actually the result of evolution through natural selection (just like every other living thing) and not creation. But yes, It is incredible that their numbers are rebounding!

Hopefully they continue to thrive and keep their home

Beauty!

I saw a black panther or puma idk when on a trail…. Fast as could be and ran across a trail. Absolutely insane.

I live in Southwest Ga. on a farm less than 20 miles from Florida and saw one yesterday morning. I was thrilled!

Finger Lakes National Forest has the same setup, bi-partisan support to put together a great swath of land for hunting, hiking, camping, exploring, photography, fishing, the list goes on.

Nice video! Good to hear.