The Florida hunt exposed deep emotional divisions among animal rights activists and hunters. In social media forums and in ...

A total of 172 permits were issued through a lottery system. Each permit allowed the harvest of one black bear ...

After Florida’s first black bear hunt in nearly a decade ended with far fewer animals killed than allowed, conservation ...

This month, Florida allowed the first black bear hunt in 10 years after the last one was ended abruptly over too many killed.

A total of 16 Louisiana black bears were harvested during the second bear hunting season, the Louisiana Department of ...

We’ve been ignored, misled, gaslighted and bullied by the FWC thus far,” Chuck O’Neal, founder of Apopka-based Speak Up ...

Florida wildlife officials say the state's first black bear hunt in a decade killed 52 bears. The count was announced Tuesday ...

The FWC has released the final count of 52 bears harvested during the 2025 black bear hunt.

Fifty-two bears were killed in the first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade, far fewer than the cap the state had set, ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released the results of the state’s first black bear hunt in ...

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission released initial numbers from the 2025 Bear Hunt, the first bear hunt in ...