Protestors came together in Ocala, DeLand and downtown Orlando on Saturday to protect black bears. The Florida Fish and ...

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The hunt, the first in a decade, would be held in four parts of the state and could lead to as many as 187 black bears being ...

OCALA — The state wildlife commission on Wednesday endorsed Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade ... to roam an area which includes Orange, Lake, Marion Osceola, Seminole and Volusia ...

Katrina McAllister and her family traveled from Ocala to join several others at Lake Eola Park Saturday to speak out against the FWC’s new proposed black bear hunt.

“The idea that you can hunt bears and keep people safe is an absolute mistake, we are encouraging the FWC commission on ...

The FWC voted 4-1 for staff members to return with rules for a December hunt that would be held in four parts of the state.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently released its proposed rules for a black bear hunt ahead ... gathered Saturday at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando to voice their opinion.

But bear defenders argue that people have encroached into bear habitat — not the other way around. Karen Murray, an Orlando resident ... which includes Orange, Lake, Osceola and Seminole ...