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

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

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 ...

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 ...

A bear hunt based on ‘stale’ population estimates risk ‘irreversible ecological loss,’ hunting opponents warn.

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 ...

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

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has approved rules for black bear hunting. According to a release from ...

From its pre-Columbian peak, the Florida black bear population fell precipitously. Between unregulated hunting and habitat ...

State wildlife officials say a regulated hunt is needed to manage the bear population. Opponents say the new rules will lead ...

HAVANA, Fla. - Florida wildlife officials have unanimously approved rules for a three-week bear hunt in December.

Despite widespread public opposition, the bear hunting season will begin in December and expand in the coming years.