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Florida votes to bring back black bear hunting season: See where they will be harvested

Sixty-eight bears will be permitted for harvest from 11 eastern panhandle counties, including Franklin, Leon and Wakulla; 18 bears from 12 Central Florida counties; 46 from five North Florida counties ...
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Florida's wildlife commission approves black bear hunt in December despite public outcry

The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade takes place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife ...
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Bear Warriors United files lawsuit against Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Bear Warriors United filed a lawsuit against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in opposition to the Florida black bear hunt.

Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade approved despite strong opposition

The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade will take place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife ...

Florida allows black bear hunting for the first time in a decade

For the first time in a decade, Floridians will be legally allowed to hunt black bears in the state. The move was unanimously ...

Florida Commission Unanimously Approves Black Bear Hunt, Despite Anti-Hunting Rhetoric

Florida wildlife commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to reinstate a black bear hunt and approve the rules for an ...

Bear advocates file legal challenge to Florida’s bear hunt

Florida bear hunt opponents, unable to dissuade state wildlife commissioners last week from authorizing a sanctioned killing of the once imperiled species, are now trying their luck in court. This ...

Bear Warriors United, Holly Hill attorney file suit to block Florida bear hunt

The petition, filed in the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings two days after the FWC voted 5-0 in favor of the the bear hunt, asks the court to bar the commission from issuing 187 bear ...

Florida Approves First Black Bear Hunt in a Decade, Despite Protests

Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade is officially set to move forward after a unanimous vote by the state’s Fish and ...
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Bear Advocacy Group Sues Florida Fish and Wildlife Over New Black Bear Hunting Rules

Bear Warriors United, an environmental advocacy group dedicated to protecting Florida's wildlife, has filed a lawsuit against ...

Florida wildlife commissioners unanimously approve black bear hunt, state's first in 10 years

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a 23-day hunting season beginning in December, paving the way ...

Florida conservation nonprofit sues FWC over newly-approved black bear hunt

Bear Warriors United argues a new rule gives the FWC executive director "unbridled authority" to create hunting zones and ...