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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:19:37 -0500, Vic Smith
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:09:43 -0400, wrote:

I don't think you can blame this on Obama any more than you have to
blame GHW Bush for the $150 million they spent for tunnels under
Alligator Alley to save the non-existent Florida Panther.
I saw a video on the news recently - within the last week - that
showed a Florida panther in somebody's back yard.
That's what they said it was, anyway. You see that?

--Vic

Yup, all of the swamp creatures are showing up in people's back yards
as the back yards are encroaching on the swamp.
The problem with the "Florida" panther is it is just a garden variety
cougar, just like the ones in Texas and the mountain lions that eat
joggers in California.
In the 80s this was proved in court by a local casino manager and
sometime indian chief James Billee (charged with killing one).
Any possible ESA protection was voided when they introduced 50+
cougars from Texas to increase the genetic diversity.
When you see a "Florida Panther" it is as likely to have been born on
the Pecos River as on the Shark River.

Florida is far better for its small population of big cats than it is
for the influx of boobus Americanus.