The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reached out to ZooTampa last year.
They had an injured young panther named Loper in need of surgery. The animal had been hit by a car in Fort Myers and fractured its radius and ulna. The fractures were repaired using orthopedic plates.
Loper’s healing was slowed down by a limp, which required another surgery to fix.
Over the course of the last year, he received three different procedures…