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WKRG on MSN5h
Florida Wildlife officials give best ways to keep bears from wandering onto property
Florida Wildlife officials recognize that residents may see more bears this time of year because most have come out of ...
WUSF Public Media6h
Group to rally Saturday in 13 Florida cities in opposition to proposed statewide bear hunt
"The only justification the FWC [Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission] has given for having the hunt is to offer an ...
Gulf Breeze bear attack is the first since 2017. Here's a look at the numbers
In 2017, a Gulf Breeze man received non-life-threatening injuries in a bear attack similar to Thursday's. According to reports, the man was swatted by a bear when he went to check on his dog after ...
WFSU News1d
Florida wildlife managers will consider a black bear hunt in December
State wildlife officials will hear a proposal next week to create an annual black bear hunt. The proposed December hunt would ...
WMNF1d
Could Florida allow bear hunting every year?
Opponents have argued that hunting doesn’t reduce human-bear interactions and non-lethal options are better to address bear ...
Tampa Free Press on MSN1d
FWC Memo Outlines Potential Black Bear Hunt In Florida Amid First Recorded Fatal Attack
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released a memo providing the first detailed look at what a ...
WCJB TV202d
Florida confirms first deadly black bear attack in state history
Officials in Florida confirmed that a man and his dog found dead earlier this month were killed by a bear, a first for the state.
The Daily Commercial3d
A majority of Floridians against proposed bear hunt? What we know
Speaking out on behalf of Humane World for Animals against the proposed regulated bear hunt in Florida, MacFall openly ...
Observer Today3d
Hungry bears in Florida and Wyoming
In Florida, a rare and tragic case for the black bear species occurred on May 2. An 89-year-old man, Robert Markel, and his ...
Manatee in care at Florida state park drowned as pool drained, report finds
A 1,000-pound female manatee that was recovering at a Florida state park from a boat strike drowned earlier this year after ...
WUWF4d
Florida officials release grisly details of the first fatal bear attack in state history
Investigators said the remains of 89-year-old Robert Markel were found about 100 yards from his home in rural Jerome. They ...
Florida man, 89, and his dog mauled to death by black bear in state's first fatal attack
An man and his dog were mauled to death by a black bear in Jerome, Florida. The 89-year-old man's death marks the first ...