Anti-hunt activist Chuck O'Neal says approval of Amendment 2 last year makes it possible for him, others to apply for black ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WWSB) - Punta Gorda police say a black bear is on the move within the city limits. Stories of bears in ...

Florida is once again barreling forward with a proposed black bear hunt that would start this year and continue for years to ...

FLORIDA — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has just released a memo shedding new light on what a proposed black bear hunt could look like in our state. The proposed rules ...

Advocates from around the world who are buying Florida hunting licenses in hopes that they'll draw a lottery permit to kill a ...

OCALA, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently released its proposed rules for a black bear hunt ahead of its meeting next week. Meanwhile, organizers of a group ...

Amid support from hunters and warnings of a “slaughter” from animal-rights advocates, state wildlife officials moved forward with Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade. Before a crowd ...

Now, she is protesting a state plan to hold a “a highly regulated” black bear hunt. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday approved a proposal that will allow the ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has voted to advance a proposal to reintroduce black bear hunting in the state. Photo from John Thomas via Unsplash After a crucial vote ...

Science-based hunting is the answer,” he asserted ... The vote came less than two weeks after the FWC confirmed the first Florida black bear fatal attack of a human being in state history.

OCALA, Fla. — Florida wildlife officials are moving forward with plans for what could be the state's first black bear hunt in 10 years. During a meeting in Ocala Wednesday, commissioners for the ...