Florida Panther Festival

11/04/2025

Many thanks to every one of the 3,404 guests who came out to the Florida Panther Festival last Saturday between 9 am and 1 pm. Mark your calendars to join us next year on Saturday, November 7, 2026!

Much love to our sponsors beginning with Live Wildly Foundation. We also thank Florida Gulf Coast University Wings of Hope program for their extra support this year along with Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Florida Panther Refuge, Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation, and Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A., as well as Petology Animal Hospital of Naples.

10/31/2025

Join us tomorrow at Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens from 9 to 1 for the annual Florida Panther Festival!
www.floridapantherfestival.com

10/31/2025

Great to welcome the Petology Animal Hospital of Naples team to Naples Zoo. Grateful for their sponsorship of the Festival this year!

We’re wild about this weekend! 🐾
The 🐾 Petology Team is so excited to be part of the 13th Annual Florida Panther Festival, happening this Saturday, November 1st, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens. Stop by our booth to say hi…we’d love to meet you! 👋

🎉 Collier County residents get in free, so bring the whole family for a paws-itively unforgettable day celebrating one of Florida’s most iconic endangered animals.

Here’s a sneak peek at what’s in store:
• 🐆 A live look at a real Florida panther
• 🌿 Outdoor exhibits, nature walks, and wildlife experts
• 🎨 Kid-friendly activities and pet-loving vendors
• 🌴 A celebration of Southwest Florida’s wild and wonderful heritage

And guess what? Last week, our team visited the amazing crew at Glass Animal Hospital AND we made a tall new friend along the way! 🦒❤️

https://www.floridapantherfestival.com/

10/17/2025

Come meet everyone on November 1 from 9 am to 1 pm at the Florida Panther Festival!

And if you're a Collier County resident, it's a free Saturday! More information about free entry at https://www.napleszoo.org/collier

Many thanks to Frank Steiger Photography LLC for these wonderful images!

10/17/2025

Just a couple weeks away!
Thanks to all our Festival sponsors.
See them all at www.floridapantherfestival.com

Join us on November 1 at Naples Zoo for the thirteenth annual Florida Panther Festival from 9 am to 1 pm. Over 25 partners for you to meet. Learn how they're stewarding natural Florida and supporting a bright future for the Florida we love!

Auduon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Big Cypress National Preserve
Collier County Solid Waste
Collier-Seminole State Park
Conservancy of Soutwest Florida
Conservation Collier
CREW Land & Water Trust
Defenders of Wildlife
FDOT Safe Routes to School Program
FDOT: Florida Department of Transportation
FGCU Wings of Hope Program
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Florida Forest Service
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge
Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation
Florida Wildlife Federation
Friends of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Friends of the Florida Panther Refuge
fStop Foundation, Inc.
Great Calusa Blueway
Lee County Parks & Recreation: Conservation 20/20
Live Wildly
Naples Botanical Garden
Naples Zoo
Petology Animal Hospital
Southwest Florida Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area
Woodward, Pires, & Lombardo, P.A.

10/14/2025

Many, many thanks go to Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A. for their ongoing sponsorship of the Florida Panther Festival. Their financial support for years is so greatly appreciated. What a great inspiration for other businesses to support efforts like supporting coexistence with Florida panthers. Please join us in thanking them for being such stalwart supporters of the panthers overall as well as the Festival!

Learn more about the services at https://wpl-legal.com/ and stop by their booth at the Festival on November 1 from 9 am to 1 pm at Naples Zoo. Their attorneys have lived and worked in Southwest Florida for decades and possess a vast knowledge of the law and a first-hand understanding of how the law intersects with the lives of those in our community and use their talents for the betterment of our community.

10/14/2025

Learn more about the natural path that connects our state from north to south from the organization focused on championing the Corridor vision: the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation! Join us in thanking them for their 2025 sponsorship of the Panther Festival - and for joining us again at the Festival from 9 am to 1 pm on November 1 at Naples Zoo. Come out and learn all they do and how you can be a part of this epic landscape effort!

The Foundation leads a collaborative campaign to permanently connect, protect and restore the 18-million acre Florida Wildlife Corridor including creating opportunities for citizens to gather and explore ways to maintain the connectivity close to home that all stitches together for the future we need - bringing together voices representing crops and cows to timberlands and protected lands.

If you'd like to see some of the vast spaces that form the Corridor, the Foundation has a series of extraordinary documentaries for you to watch at https://floridawildlifecorridor.org/about-expeditions/

10/13/2025

Join us in thanking the Friends of the Florida Panther Refuge for their longterm sponsorship of the Panther Festival! Thank you, Friends!

The Friends work to safeguard the Refuge through education, outreach, advocacy, and being an active partner in projects on the Florida Panther NWR and its partner refuge, Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge.

See all they do at https://www.floridapanther.org/what-we-do as well as how you can get involved! Come talk to them at the Festival to see how your time and skills can benefit panthers and their Refuges!

10/12/2025

Did you know Defenders of Wildlife began the Florida Panther Festival? From that wonderful start years ago, they continue to be strong supporters and sponsors of the Festival! Join us in thanking them for sparking this great community event - and for standing strong for the Florida we all love! Thank you, Defenders!

Hobby livestock owner? Come out to see their coexistence with wildlife predator proof pen and see how you can get one!

Defenders of Wildlife works on the ground, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill to protect and restore imperiled wildlife and habitats across North America to help ensure a future for the wildlife and wild places we all love.

10/11/2025

Please join us in thanking the Conservancy of Southwest Florida for their ongoing sponsorship of the Florida Panther Festival!

Meet them at the Panther Festival at Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens on November 1 from 9 am to 1 pm and learn about their mission to protect Southwest Florida's unique natural environment and quality of life...now and forever. That's a mission we can all get behind for the people and wildlife of this beautiful part of the sunshine state!

From monitoring sea turtles to caring for injured wildlife and from removing invasive pythons to political action, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida has been a leading environmental advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the water, land, wildlife and future of our five-county area for over 60 years.

10/10/2025

Join us in welcoming our newest business sponsor! Thank you, Petology Animal Hospital of Naples for supporting the 2025 Florida Panther Festival! Please stop by their booth at the Festival on November 1 from 9 am to 1 pm at Naples Zoo!

Petology was founded and is operated by Dr. Brian Peters offers you nearly 20 years of veterinary experience. He also volunteers his time with Domestic Animal Services and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Petology's goal is ensuring your pet's visit is as comfortable as possible. Their team offers wellness care, chronic disease management, emergency care, surgery, dentistry, and more. Check out their services at https://www.petologynaples.com/ including pup cups!!!

10/10/2025

Join us in thanking Florida Gulf Coast University's Wings of Hope for being one of our top sponsors for the 2025 Florida Panther Festival!

Established in 2000, Florida Gulf Coast University's Wings of Hope is an award-winning environmental education program building bridges of hope between students and the natural world by connecting with the Florida panther through education, research, awareness, and kindness.

Programs combine academic standards with STEM learning activities for fourth and fifth grade learners to participate free of charge. They also monitor a number of camera traps! Come see their booth at the Festival!

https://www.fgcu.edu/cas/communityimpact/wingsofhope/