The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has given preliminary approval for a black bear hunt for December and ...

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission ended four hours of public debate and discussion by voting 4-1 for preliminary rules ...

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioners voted 4-1 May 21 to have a black bear hunt for 23 days in December, ...

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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.

Ironically, there seems to exist a collective amnesia regarding the debacle that occurred during the last bear hunting season ...

Black bears were listed as threatened in 2012, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held an unpopular ...

Bear hunting has long stirred controversy in Florida. FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto defended the agency’s move, saying “Hunting ...

Florida is close to opening swaths of the state to a black bear hunt, the first since the controversial one in 2015.