black bears

Animal-rights advocates opposed a hunt during a meeting of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservatoin Commission.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida has a "robust" and growing bear population, according to the latest state estimate.But a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation…

Protesters are running out of time to stop Florida’s first legal black bear hunt in more than twenty years. More than 2,500 hunting permits have been sold…

UNF's Public Opinion Research Laboratory recently released their latest polls of likely 2016 Republican and Democratic voters here in Florida. The numbers…

Florida’s first bear hunt in more than 20 years should be able to proceed later this month says Leon Circuit Judge George Reynolds III. Reynolds denied...

With Florida black bear hunting season scheduled to start next month, a conservation group is asking a judge to block it. But a veteran wildlife lawyer…

Gov. Rick Scott will not use executive authority to block the state's first bear-hunting season in more than two decades, despite pleas from animal-rights…

A target was placed on at least 320 black bears Wednesday as the once-threatened species will be hunted across Florida next month for the first time in…

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will be asked next week to set a quota of 320 bears for a controversial hunt in October.The hunt,…

Conservation groups want a judge to shoot down the return of bear hunting in Florida and to halt the pending sale of bear-hunting permits.With permits for…