WESH

Florida's black bear advocates challenge the FWC's decision to conduct hunt

WESH TWO NEWS STARTS NOW. FIRST AT FOUR. OPPONENTS ARE ASKING A JUDGE TO STOP A BEAR HUNT SCHEDULED TO START NEXT WEEK. BEAR WARRIORS UNITED IS SUING THE STATE AND ASKING THE COURT TO ISSUE AN ...
Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Florida needs details on black bear hunt

Tragically, it seems Florida officials learned all the wrong lessons from the 2015 hunt that saw the slaughter of at least 304 black bears in the space of a few days. This year’s hunt was far less ...
Sun Sentinel

Last-ditch effort to stop Florida’s bear hunt

With Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade just two weeks away, opponents say they’ve used a combination of tactics to protect bears from bullets — and are heading to court Monday in Tallahassee ...
WESH

Florida's black bear hunt ends with few details revealed | What we know:

FLORIDA’S FIRST BEAR HUNT IN A DECADE IS IN THE BOOKS, BUT THE RESULTS ARE STILL UNKNOWN. CRITICS ARE DEMANDING THE STATE TURN OVER INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BEARS KILLED. WESH TWO GREG FOX ...
WUFT

Florida’s black bear hunt, unpopular among residents, still scheduled

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...