Frozen panther found in Loxahatchee (FL) home baffles law enforcement

[RockaFowler]

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/frozen-panther-found-in-loxahatchee-home-baffles-law-1958132.html

One dead panther was buried in a garage freezer. Another was stuffed and mounted on a wall.

The Oct. 16 discovery baffled law enforcement officers who were called to the 30-acre property in Loxahatchee that morning over a landlord-tenant dispute, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

The deputy who answered that call found himself staring into the eyes of a frozen panther that reportedly had been shot. At first, he thought it was a lion. Then a tiger. Officers later realized that the animal — buried under a pile of mangoes and two frozen birds — was a panther.


I refuse to post the picture. Disgusting

[Turbineguy]

1. Just another day

in Florida.

[HopeHoops]

2. That's one big ass freezer.

[hifiguy]

3. That was my first thought, too.

Who the hell has a freezer big enough to stash a freaking panther in? :crazy:

[Shagbark Hickory]

4. Why would they be baffled? Panthers are native to florida and poachers are a global epidemic n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

5. So, Florida refuses to follow up to see if it was a federally protected panther?

[Lochloosa]

7. All panthers are federally protected.

[The Backlash Cometh]

6. Unbelievable.

[nashville_brook]

8. we had a recent case here in central florida of a panther dismemberment

i can't understand the ignorance...it's beyond tragic.