Photo by carltonward / Staff at the White Oak Conservation Center carry two sedated Florida panther kittens whose mother, known as FP224, suffered a broken leg after being struck by a car near Naples—for the second time in her life. The mother was nursed back to health, and the family was returned to the wild. Not long after their release, however, the kittens were killed by cars in southwestern Florida. Their mother survived, and continues to produce offspring. Roadkill is the leading documented cause of death for panthers, claiming a recent average of 25 per year. Please see the magazine story and follow carltonward for photos showing how wildlife underpasses can save lives. The PathofthePanther project is supported by the National Geographic Society, working to inspire the protection of the Florida Wildlife Corridor—the statewide network of public preserves, private farms, ranches, and forests that panther and other wildlife need to survive. insidenatgeo FL_WildCorridor WhiteOakCon...