Florida is poised for another bear hunt. Two ways to make it better | Column, May 22 ...

OCALA, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently released its proposed rules for a black bear hunt ahead of its meeting next week. Meanwhile, organizers of a group ...

FLORIDA — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has just released a memo shedding new light on what a proposed black bear hunt could look like in our state. The proposed rules ...

The hunt, the first in a decade, would be held in four parts of the state and could lead to as many as 187 black bears being ...

Amid support from hunters and warnings of a “slaughter” from animal-rights advocates, state wildlife officials moved forward ...

Katrina Shadix--founder and executive director of Bear Warriors United recalls the formative joys of growing up in rural ...

A decade after the last state-sanctioned hunt had to be cut short because so many bears were killed, Florida says it’s time for another one.

According to wildlife officials, the bear was first spotted behind a house on County Road 647 South in Sumter County. The ...

Florida’s wildlife agency is advancing a controversial plan to reinstate black bear hunting, ignoring its own conservation ...

Before a crowd that spread into at least four extra rooms at the College of Central Florida in Ocala, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-1 for staff members to return with ...

A key point of contention is the actual number of bears in Florida and the effectiveness of the proposed hunting regulations.

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