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A panther walks within the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge, which is 41 square miles of unfenced land meant to give the far-ranging animal some room to hunt and breed amid South Florida's growing population, although one of three villages within the Town of Big Cypress — and the new roads and additional vehicle traffic that comes with with it, is within a mile or so of the refuge, angering environmentalists.
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