Florida has approved a December 2025 bear hunting season aimed at managing growing bear populations. The season runs from Dec ...

Barring a last-minute miracle, Florida’s black bears will be in the crosshairs of hunters come Saturday — a planned slaughter ...

Conservationists protest Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida black bear hunt begins this Saturday, Dec. 6, for the first time in ten ...

Barring last-minute lawsuits, the first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade starts this weekend. Here's what to know.

Our News 6 team submitted a public records request to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission to find out how ...

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...

Opponents of Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade rallied at the state capitol on Monday amid efforts to try and prevent bears from being killed next month in four areas across the state. In ...

Opponents of Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade rallied Monday at the Capitol amid efforts to prevent bears from being killed next month in four areas of the state. In addition to the rally, ...

Nearly 200 opponents of a Florida black bear hunt protested at the state Capitol and Fish and Wildlife Commission headquarters. The Sierra Club and other groups are asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to stop ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Florida Capitol on Monday, calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to stop the state’s first black bear hunt in a ...

A lawsuit and a planned protest aim to block Florida's first black bear hunt in over a decade. Opponents argue the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) failed to use scientific recommendations ...