Ahead of Saturday's Florida Panthers game, the team announced a special jersey auction to help raise money for a good cause.

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

But the Dems picked the iconic panther and official state animal on purpose. "The Florida panther won’t back down from a fight,” Florida Democratic Party chair Nikki Fried said at the event.

Florida panther road kills are back on track, close to historic conditions. And that's good news for the official state animal as road kills have long been one way of estimating the entire ...

Florida panther road kills are back on track, close to historic conditions. And that's good news for the official state animal as road kills have long been one way of estimating the entire ...