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 ...

A total of 172 permits were issued through a lottery system. Each permit allowed the harvest of one black bear ...

Chuck O’Neal with Speak Up for Wildlife said the lack of transparency is troubling. “This executive director — we called on ...

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A Leon County circuit judge on Monday rejected a group's request for a temporary injunction to halt Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade. With the three-week hunt set to begin Dec. 6, Circuit ...

Read full article: Bear euthanized after being shot in Lake County; Florida wildlife officials relocate younger bear found nearby ORLANDO, Fla. – Starting this weekend, hunters will be able to hunt ...

HAVANA, Fla. — It’s official: Florida will see its first bear hunt in a decade this December, assuming the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s decision holds up in court. The issue of ...

They tried suing. Then they tried flooding the lottery system. Now, in a last-ditch effort to thwart the upcoming Florida black bear hunt, a group of bear advocates is offering to pay hunters $2,000 ...

This month, Florida allowed the first black bear hunt in 10 years after the last one was ended abruptly over too many killed.

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, ...