These Florida panthers were each killed by cars this year in one of the deadliest spans for the endangered animals since 2018. Through Friday, 30 panthers had died, and three out of every four panther deaths were caused by car strikes, state data show.

A Florida panther was hit and killed by a vehicle Friday, marking the 30th death this year for the endangered species, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The state hasn't recorded this many panther deaths since 2018,

Twenty-one panthers have been killed by cars through Nov. 13, with 28 overall deaths documented by state biologists.

The male panther was killed in Collier County just 5 days after another panther was killed in Lee County. Ryan Kobayashi, who flew to Los Angeles looking for his daughter, Hannah, after she was reported missing,