Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2025 New Jersey bear hunt opened Oct. 13 under rainy skies and produced the fewest amount of bears killed on the first day in ...

Although the odds indicate regulators will OK the first black bear hunt in a decade in Florida, opponents will pull out all the rhetorical stops when the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

A Leon County circuit judge on Monday rejected a group's request for a temporary injunction to halt Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade. With the three-week hunt set to begin Dec. 6, Circuit ...

Three months after Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioners approved it, the controversial Florida bear hunt has been reinstated and is scheduled for next month. Will it be be stopped?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This week, Florida Wildlife officials approved a bear hunt in Florida for the first time in ten years. One of the controversial elements of the hunt is the use of dogs -- and now, ...

Florida bear hunt opponents, unable to dissuade state wildlife commissioners last week from authorizing a sanctioned killing of the once imperiled species, are now trying their luck in court.

Bear Warriors United has asked a court for an emergency injunction to stop the state’s planned black bear hunt in December, while a group supporting the hunt has joined the legal battle. But in the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In spite of opposition from wildlife advocates, the first black bear hunt in Florida since 2015, will run from Dec. 6 through Dec. 28, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade ended Sunday, but state wildlife officials still won’t say how many bears were killed. They also haven’t explained why. “We’ll provide updates as soon as we’re ...

Florida's controversial bear hunt is scheduled to take place from Dec. 6 to Dec. 28. A nonprofit organization has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the hunt, with a hearing scheduled for Nov. 24. The ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has set a planned hunt of 172 black bears to start on Dec. 6. Bear Warriors United argues that the hunt would harm Florida's black bear population ...