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#1933440 - 05/20/10 08:08 PM

Why don't people believe that it happens??????

SAR Swimmer
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My family and I took a trip to the Jacksonville Zoo last weekend. There just happened to be a train that took you past the Florida panthers. As we came by them, the train conductor (and announcer) said "A single Florida panther will roam 300 square miles and claim that area as it's territory."

When I set out to drive home from Jacksonville, it is only 610 miles to the Pleasant View exit where I get off of I-24 to go home. That is West of Nashville and almost to the Kentucky line.

Do I think that a Florida panther might find his way up into the East Tennessee mountains? Absolutely and I feel that anyone would be crazy to doubt this happening. Just my .02 cents and the forum is dead right now!

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#1933450 - 05/20/10 08:20 PM

Re: Why don't people believe that it happens?????? [Re: SAR Swimmer]

BigWes50
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I agree and it won't be long until this gets proved to be true!

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#1933519 - 05/20/10 08:47 PM

Re: Why don't people believe that it happens?????? [Re: BigWes50]

rem270
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Yep.

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#1933528 - 05/20/10 08:51 PM

Re: Why don't people believe that it happens?????? [Re: rem270]

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$\:\)$ again

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#1933541 - 05/20/10 08:55 PM

Re: Why don't people believe that it happens?????? [Re: SAR Swimmer]

TN RDG RNR
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If the conductor said it, who am I to say it aint so. $\:D$

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#1933606 - 05/20/10 09:39 PM

Re: Why don't people believe that it happens?????? [Re: ]

birddog
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Registered: 02/21/02
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the reason people doubt it like myself is because there is no proof. if there are cats in TN show me a picture.

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#1933611 - 05/20/10 09:43 PM

Re: Why don't people believe that it happens?????? [Re: SAR Swimmer]

Wes Parrish
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Registered: 06/12/02
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I believe we have had free-roaming, truly of wild origin cougars find their way into Tennessee already. May or may not be one here at the moment. But just a matter of time until they become more numerous and "officially" documented. Personally, I can't wait until BSK gets one on a trail cam pic, and I can say, "Told you so!"

Originally Posted By: SAR Swimmer

"A single Florida panther will roam 300 square miles and claim that area as it's territory."

But it should be pointed out that this does not mean they typically roam 300 miles in a straight line! A 300-sq-mile territory is likely to be something like 30 miles long x 10 miles wide.

It is usually the young males that roam great linear distances (sometimes hundreds of miles in a few days) in seeking to establish their "own" territory. But a single young male cannot establish a breeding population, nor is he likely to be seen again by someone who saw him, as he was just "passing thru".

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