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Black bears are notorious browsers but one took things too far when it showed up at a Florida Lowe’s store during business hours, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. The bear ...
JEROME, Fla. (WFLA) — The partial remains of an 89-year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and ...
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 ...
The plan for a Florida bear hunt was well in the works before the fatal attack of a Collier County man. An early draft of ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing a black bear hunt in December to address, what it says,<a ...
The state’s wildlife agency will test the bears’ DNA to determine if any of them had attacked and killed an 89-year-old man.
Robert Markel's daughter called 911 to report a bear attacking his dog. When first responders arrived, they found the 89-year ...
In 2015, the state of Florida gave hunters seven days to harvest 300 bears. It was the first bear hunt allowed in the state ...
The Self Defense Act of 2024 allows for the taking of bears, without any penalties, under specific circumstances.
Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears in southwest Florida following a fatal attack on a man and a dog a ...
A male black bear (not the one pictured) broke into a man’s home in rural southwest Florida and mauled him to death, ...
An 89-year-old man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida, marking the first confirmed fatal ...