Steve
Hunter in front of ice house in Immokalee with panther he killed in Big Cypress.
During his lifetime he killed 28 panthers (Tinsley,
1970).
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission established as a constitutional agency.
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Stanley
P. Young and Edward A. Goldman, biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, publish The Puma: Mysterious American Cat.
Florida puma (Felis concolor coryi) listed as 1 of 30 subspecies of Felis
concolor in North and South America and described as "A medium-sized, dark
subspecies, with pelage short and stiff; skull with broad, flat frontal region;
nasals remarkably broad and high arched or expanded upward." (p. 235)
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Game
Commission restocks deer population in south Florida with whitetail deer imported
from Wisconsin and Texas.
Florida
panther was declared a game species to be taken only during deer season or as
a nuisance.
Audubon's
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary established.
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Piper stock (Florida panthers with some South American cougar ancestry) released in Everglades National Park.
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