Members of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida say this Florida black bear hunt is not necessary. They shared concerns from when the last hunt took place in 2015, saying nursing mothers and ...

Florida is once again barreling forward with a proposed black bear hunt that would start this year and continue for years to come. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission owes it to ...

The proposed hunt is tightly controlled and grounded in data. It allows for just 187 tags across four Bear Management Units — less than 5% of the estimated population in those areas.

In this photo from Dec. 20, 2016, a black bear takes trash from an overturned garbage can in a Seminole County neighborhood in Longwood, Florida. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP) ...

The lottery winners will pay $100 for the bear hunting permit, $300 if they are from out of state. Those amounts are far too low. The state hasn’t had a bear hunt in a decade.

Wildlife officials are meeting in Ocala to discuss the potential reintroduction of bear hunts for the first time in a decade this issue has been considered.

"Hunting is a biologically sound method to slow population growth, resulting in a healthy and well-managed Florida black bear population for the future," said FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto. Public ...

Phase One of Hunting Creek's project, which got underway this spring, involves provision of "Kitchen Garden" plants for eight existing 4’x4’ raised garden beds on the grounds of the Fifer ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A controversial plan to bring back bear hunting in Florida is facing pushback. Protesters gathered at Lake Eola over the weekend to speak out against a new proposal from FWC. If ...

Florida's first bear hunt in 21 years came to an end Sunday after a two-day season. In all, 295 bears killed across the state were reported when the hunt was ended by state wildlife officials at 9 ...

Florida wildlife officials are proposing a three-week bear hunt later this year, aiming to remove 187 bears out of an estimated population of 4,000.

If the bear numbers ever increase to a point that a hunt could be scientifically justified to sustain a healthy population, it should only be conducted in those zones or areas of Florida where it ...