The film received mostly negative reviews but was a commercial success, earning $164 million worldwide. The film was directed by Shawn Levy, stars Steve Martin as Clouseau and also co-stars Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, and Beyoncé Knowles. In this film, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is assigned to solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and the theft of the famous Pink Panther diamond. It is also the first Pink Panther film to be released since Son of the Pink Panther released in 1993. “Panthers are an umbrella species: protecting them and the vast, unspoiled, wild territory each one needs to survive - an average of 200 square miles for a single male - protects many other plants and animals that live there,” the nonprofit wrote.The Pink Panther is a 2006 American comedy-mystery film and a reboot of The Pink Panther franchise, marking the tenth installment in the series. “Today, the panther is recognized as Florida’s official state animal, but it is also one of the most endangered mammals in the country,” the nonprofit Defenders of Wildlife writes about the animal on its website. It was the first time a panther was killed in Hillsborough County since 2003. The animal survived on the side of the road for about 15 minutes before succumbing to internal injuries from the collision, according to Onorato. In December, a 2-year-old male panther was killed in Hillsborough County after a car struck the panther and its driver alerted authorities. It was the first panther death in Hillsborough County since 2003. Uncollared Florida panther 435 was stuck by a car and killed in December in Hillsborough County, according to Florida wildlife officials. “It’s been busy,” Onorato told the Tampa Bay Times in an interview. When he got home after recovering that panther and delivering it to a lab in Naples, he got a few hours of sleep before the second dead panther call came in about 8:30 p.m. Onorato would know: He was the one who picked up both dead panthers on Sunday. “A loss of any animal when you have an endangered species is obviously not beneficial toward promoting recovery.”

“Any road mortality is something that we don’t like to see for panthers,” said Dave Onorato, a panther research scientist with the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. That compares to 27 panther deaths last year (of which 92% died from vehicle strikes) and 27 in 2020 (77% dead from vehicles). Twelve panthers have now died so far this year, all from vehicle strikes.

One-third of this year’s panther death toll occurred over the single week, according to mortality data maintained by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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