Two 3-and-a-half-month-old Florida panther kittens were struck and killed by a vehicle Sunday on Davis Boulevard in Naples, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
The female kittens were found about 110 yards apart on opposite sides of the road. Their deaths mark the 11th and 12th panther fatalities in the state this year.
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“It’s devastating — losing any panther, especially kittens — and two female kittens — is just really tragic,” said Meredith Budd, president of the board of the Friends of Florida Panther Refuge…