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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Craig Pittman, / The Bulletin
April 21, 2010
On a quiet spring morning two years ago, a sheriff's deputy cruised along a dark suburban street near Fort Myers. The deputy heard a thump, slammed on the brakes. Too late. A tawny body lay cooling by the roadside.
The deputy had hit a 2-year-old, 85-pound, male Florida panther. When a....
