Well, we had Fred for about 8 years - he had a long life and
   this is the only panther run-in that we've had. we've had
   bobcats, raccoons and a nasty skunk kill our chickens. Our next
   batch of chickens WILL be enclosed tightly. And goat-wise, we've
   been talking about getting a female goat (for milk and stuff)
   but that goat would be mighty protected - we'd have to do the 10
   foot fence thing with ...a roof and all that jazz. We haven't
   been getting the paper in quite a few months - so I hadn't seen
   that article (it's so rare that they have any stories about
   golden gate estates) -- but I called the panther people in the
   FWC so they'll probably send over a biologist who will try to
   track the movements of the panther. Looking at the maps of
   movement, the panthers hadn't been over here yet, but now
   there's at least one. and he was BIG."