IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida panther was found dead from an apparent vehicle strike Tuesday.
The body of a 4-year-old female panther was discovered on a rural road east of Immokalee, according to the Florida fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The remains will undergo a necropsy.
A total of eight Florida panthers have been found dead in 2017, with six road fatalities.
Florida panthers once roamed the entire Southeast, but only about 230 remain in the wild.
