Endangered Florida Panther On Wrong Side Of Fence, Lured Back To Safety

555 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recently posted a video of a driver and FWC officers coming together to help an endangered Florida panther get to safety after it was seen stuck on the wrong side of a safety fence. On its Facebook page, the FWC calls the video 'How to Herd a Cat.' It was posted on April 22 and describes how highway workers spotted an endangered Florida panther trapped on the wrong side of a highway safety fence just north of I-75 east of Naples in Collier County and near the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. The roughly 50-mile fence is designed to separate panthers from traffic and guide them to wildlife crossings beneath the highway but somehow, this panther was on the wrong side. Video from a responding FWC officer's body cam showed how he and a helpful motorist slowly and cautiously encouraged the wild cat to safety.

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