Mountain lions have breeding populations in 15 western states but just one state on the East Coast. Naturally, that one eastern state is the ever wild Sunshine State, though the history of Florida ...

Many Florida panthers have a distinctive kinked tail and a "cowlick" whorl of hair on their backs, which experts say developed as a result of inbreeding amongst the dwindling group of animals.

Genetic Crisis and the Lifesaving Texas Cougar Link By the 1990s, the Florida panther population had dwindled so much that inbreeding became a silent killer. Kittens were born with heart defects ...

Decreased genetic variation leads to heightened vulnerability to disease, due to immunosuppression and other inbreeding characteristics. While Florida panther health has improved since the 1995 ...

Florida panthers: Feared, hunted and still hard to ... which had been enfeebled by inbreeding. A storm brews over the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in Collier County on Monday, July ...

in part because of inbreeding that caused numerous health problems. That led officials to import eight female Texas pumas to Florida to breed with males, helping boost panther numbers and ...

in part because of inbreeding that caused numerous health problems. That led officials to import eight female Texas pumas to Florida to breed with males, helping boost panther numbers and ...

The past year was deadly for endangered Florida panthers. Why aren’t there more wildlife crossings? Wildlife officials feared inbreeding would bring the demise of the cats. In 1995, they ...

in part because of inbreeding that caused numerous health problems. That led officials to import eight female Texas pumas to Florida to breed with males, helping boost panther numbers and ...

(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP) Wildlife officials estimate that there are only around 200 or 230 Florida panthers left. That’s up from around 20 animals in the late 1960s. Inbreeding ...

Thirty-three Florida panther deaths have been reported this ... With such a small population, many of the cats were showing signs of inbreeding. So seven Texas female cougars were introduced ...

which had been enfeebled by inbreeding. Contiguous green space is the last, best hope for Florida panther survival, many advocates say. In recent years, the wildlife corridor concept has caught ...