Bear expert Carrie Hunt is pleased with the schooling provided by her trained Karelian bear dogs. From Alaska to New Mexico, Hunt and her Karelians teach bears to avoid people. As writer Mark Derr ...

A bear (not the one pictured) attacked a man in the Florida Panhandle when the man was letting his dog out, authorities said. Photo by Michael Anfang via Unsplash A bear went after a dog in a ...

Eber Pearson spotted the bear in his front yard and took a picture, alerting the authorities. “We were getting ready to go out and walk the dogs, and all of a sudden, we had a companion come up ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Friday confirmed a man and his dog were mauled to death by a black bear in Jerome — marking the first fatal black bear attack in ...

An 89-year-old man and his dog were killed by a black bear in Jerome, Florida. Jerome is a small, rural community located near the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, a known habitat for black ...

A man and his dog were killed Monday morning in a black bear attack near a Florida nature preserve. The horrifying strike occurred near the rural Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area outside ...

A man and a dog were killed by a black bear in Collier County, Florida on May 5, 2025. This is the second black bear attack in Florida this year, both involving dogs. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

and use our Karelian Bear Dogs to chase the bear, and we make loud noises by shouting," NDOW said. "You can see in these videos that any time the bear looked comfortable (it came down from the ...

SNUCK UP BEHIND ME AND WENT AROUND MY LEG AND STARTED BITING AT MY DOG. SHE SAYS SHE PULLED ON RINGO’S LEASH AND HELD HIM UP IN THE AIR, SPINNING AROUND TO KEEP HIM FROM THE BEAR UNTIL SHE FELL ...

T he Karelian Bear Dog has a rich history dating back over 2,000 years, originating in the cold climate of the Karelian region between Finland and Russia. This breed’s double coat, developed to ...