The ‘purr’-fect shot? Florida panther gives photographer a moment she’ll never forget

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A wildlife photographer got a once-in-a-lifetime shot she’ll never forget.

Jo Gryniewicz was taking pictures on the boardwalk at the Audubon’s Corkscrew Sanctuary near Naples this weekend, when a very rare visitor showed up out of nowhere: an endangered Florida panther emerged from the bushes just 30 feet away.

Gryniewicz says the big cat seemed as surprised to see her as she was to see it…

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