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

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has given preliminary approval for a black bear hunt for December and into the future.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is taking another step towards reinstating an annual black bear hunt. The commission is meeting Wednesday, May 21, in Ocala to consider rules for a ...

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission ended four hours of public debate and discussion by voting 4-1 for preliminary rules to guide what would become an annual bear “harvest,” the ...

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Connecticut eyes a regulated bear hunt in response to rising human-bear conflicts as Florida moves closer to its first bear ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioners voted 4-1 May 21 to have a black bear hunt for 23 days in December, but the measure must be voted on again in August to be finalized.

A decade after the last state-sanctioned hunt had to be cut short because so many bears were killed, Florida says it’s time for another one.

A hunt in 2015 was shut down after 2 days. The Orlando Democrat doesn't want to wait until 300 bears die this time.

Black bears were listed as threatened in 2012, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held an unpopular hunt in 2015.

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 ...