The Florida Panther Day Festival — also called Save the Florida Panther Day — previously planned for Saturday at the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge on state route 29 in South Immokalee has been cancelled for this year.
An emailed notice from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Wednesday simply said “The Florida Panther Day Festival has been cancelled.”
The event was to have included exhibits, a wet walk, fishing, archery, swamp buggy tours, hikes and presentations.
A representative of the refuge said the cancellation was due to a scheduling error. The representative added that since the event was tied specifically to that date, no rescheduling would be made for this year and the festival would pick up in 2026.
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