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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 ...

Crowds arrive early as FWC opens doors for bear hunt meeting in Havana

FWC officials said the proposed hunt is aimed at managing Florida’s growing black bear population. The commission is ...

A man shot and killed a bear in his yard. He won’t face charges.

The incident has enraged an Okaloosa County neighborhood. But legal experts say the shooting is justified under a new state ...
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Lindsay Cross blasts ‘wildlife cruelty’ in proposed 2025 bear hunt, urges FWC to shoot it down

Rep. Lindsay Cross, a St. Petersburg Democrat and an environmental scientist, is calling on the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...
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Palm Beach Gardens Activists Rally Against Proposed Florida Black Bear Hunt Amid Incomplete Population Data

Florida residents protest against a proposed black bear hunt due to concerns over population data and oversight.