Even those who were watching online could smell it: The stench of people doing something they knew was wrong, sweating through an attempt to pretend they were right. This was the Florida Fish and ...

CHECKED OUT. MEANWHILE, PROTESTERS ACROSS THE STATE HELD RALLIES TODAY TO PROTEST OR TO PROTECT BLACK BEARS. GROUPS ARE FIGHTING AGAINST A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD BRING BACK BEAR HUNTING TO FLORIDA FOR ...

State wildlife officials next month could approve rules for a three-week bear hunt in December that would have "a more structured format" than a hunt halted a decade ago after a limit was quickly ...

Florida wildlife officials will hold a series of online meetings in March and April about the possibility of a return to bear hunting in the state. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This week, Florida Wildlife officials approved a bear hunt in Florida for the first time in ten years. One of the controversial elements of the hunt is the use of dogs -- and now, ...

Florida’s wildlife agency took in more than 160,000 requests to participate in its upcoming black bear hunt, the state’s first in a decade, but many appear to have been submitted by conservationists ...

Florida is considering its first bear hunting season in a decade, with a proposed three-week period in December. The FWC plans to issue 187 permits, significantly fewer than the previous hunt a decade ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is opening permit applications for the first bear hunt in a decade. Beginning Friday at 10 am, the FWC will take applications online for a lottery-style ...