HAVANA, Fla. — For the first time in 10 years, Florida will allow black bear hunting. In a highly controversial unanimous vote on Wednesday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) ...

Florida wildlife officials have approved the state's first bear hunting season in a decade as the black bear population continues to grow and encounters with humans increase. The Florida Fish and ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A Florida wildlife advocacy group has filed an injunction against the state’s wildlife commission in an attempt to halt a controversial black bear hunt scheduled for December.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This week, Florida Wildlife officials approved a bear hunt in Florida for the first time in ten years. One of the controversial elements of the hunt is the use of dogs -- and now, ...

Florida wildlife commissioners voted unanimously (5-0) Wednesday morning to reinstate a black bear hunt and approve the final rules for the upcoming hunting season this winter. That regulated hunt ...

The real problem, according to hunting critics: unsecured trash cans. Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade will take place as scheduled next month after a state judge on Monday denied a motion by a ...

Florida's black bear hunt will return this December for the first time in nearly a decade. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) unanimously approved an annual hunting season.

Opponents of Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade rallied at the state capitol on Monday amid efforts to try and prevent bears from being killed next month in four areas across the state. In ...

Florida has seen the controversial return of legal black bear hunting for the first time in a decade, as hunters armed with rifles and crossbows began fanning out across the state's swamps and ...

Florida's controversial bear hunt is scheduled to take place from Dec. 6 to Dec. 28. A nonprofit organization has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the hunt, with a hearing scheduled for Nov. 24. The ...