Well, we had Fred for about 8 years - he had a long life and
this is the only panther run-in that we've had. we've had
bobcats, raccoons and a nasty skunk kill our chickens. Our next
batch of chickens WILL be enclosed tightly. And goat-wise, we've
been talking about getting a female goat (for milk and stuff)
but that goat would be mighty protected - we'd have to do the 10
foot fence thing with ...a roof and all that jazz. We haven't
been getting the paper in quite a few months - so I hadn't seen
that article (it's so rare that they have any stories about
golden gate estates) -- but I called the panther people in the
FWC so they'll probably send over a biologist who will try to
track the movements of the panther. Looking at the maps of
movement, the panthers hadn't been over here yet, but now
there's at least one. and he was BIG."
