Florida Panther Population 2025. The florida panther, voted as the official state animal by florida schoolchildren in the 1980s, has been on the. Florida’s panther population may be increasing, but compare that with the thousand or so humans that arrive in the sunshine state every day needing habitat as well.

Currently, florida scientists are evaluating several methods to refine their ability to estimate the panther population size, including the use of trail cameras and panther road. Habitat development, burmese pythons, a lack of food and a neurological disorder are causing the panther population to crash, one advocate says.