{"id":30810,"date":"2023-03-05T16:18:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T21:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=30810"},"modified":"2023-03-05T16:18:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T21:18:58","slug":"a-new-documentary-path-of-the-panther-showcases-floridas-endangered-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/03\/05\/a-new-documentary-path-of-the-panther-showcases-floridas-endangered-species\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Documentary &#8216;Path of the Panther&#8217; showcases Florida&#8217;s endangered species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nearly 90-minute film highlights the endangered Florida panther<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-cea8a188718bf1053281e2a7baa4ddaf ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: 100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Path of the Panther | Official Trailer | National Geographic\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QnTCxdskJlw?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=2&#038;start=true&#038;end=true&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen title=\"A New Documentary &#8216;Path of the Panther&#8217; showcases Florida&#8217;s endangered species\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film &#8216;Path of the Panther&#8217; is playing in Florida theaters and the movie highlights the endangered species and efforts to save it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlton Ward Jr., a wildlife photographer, and National Geographic explorer work with veterinarians, ranchers, conservationists, and indigenous people to help save the endangered Florida panther.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"318\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-7.png?resize=703%2C318&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-7.png?w=703&amp;ssl=1 703w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-7.png?resize=300%2C136&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Panthers are amazing and they\u2019re an umbrella species, so what happens to the panthers is going to affect other species. It certainly going to impact our ecosystem in a big way,&#8221; said Tiffany Burns, Zoo Tampa&#8217;s Director of Marine Life and Animal Programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film highlights Zoo Tampa&#8217;s efforts to rehabilitate panthers after the animals suffer an injury. The leading cause of death is vehicle collisions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"480\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-3-2.png?resize=687%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-3-2.png?w=687&amp;ssl=1 687w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-3-2.png?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FWC estimates only 120 to 230 panthers remain in the wild. Ward said seeing the animal is very rare and it took time, energy, and luck to capture images of the panther using camera traps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film also highlights the need to protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor, a network of land connecting wildlife through the state of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The film highlights the work that the Florida Wildlife Corridor is doing and how important that is that we make sure we have that land to be able to have connecting land through the entire state of Florida. It&#8217;s important to the panthers. It&#8217;s also important to the bears, every species that we have here and there are some areas of that corridor that are very close to being developed,&#8221; said Burns.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"313\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2-3.png?resize=472%2C313&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2-3.png?w=472&amp;ssl=1 472w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2-3.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zoo Tampa is home to three Florida panthers who suffered permanent injuries and cannot be returned to the wild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;No one gets to see them that regularly, coming here to Zoo Tampa, it\u2019s nice because you get a true appreciation for their beauty, their size,&#8221; said Burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Path of the Panther is now playing in theaters. Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/pathofthepanther.com\/watch\/__;!!FJkDyvWmnr4!f4OpJhDQ86yh3qkOgd0ZsSRXjKKjXzKOAObucExraQgR0Kqv7JNs6HUS76iJV-feg1yj4pvPO5ll9I39d2mCjg$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pathofthepanther.com<\/a>&nbsp;to find one near you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documentary will air in theaters across Florida before it\u2019s released on Disney+ and National Geographic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pathofthepanther.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To learn more about Path of the Panther, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nearly 90-minute film highlights the endangered Florida panther The film &#8216;Path of the Panther&#8217; is playing in Florida theaters and the movie highlights the endangered species and efforts to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}