OCALA, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently released its proposed rules for a black bear hunt ahead of its meeting next week. Meanwhile, organizers of a group against ...

OCALA, Fla. — After over three hours of public input, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spent about 30 minutes discussing and asking questions to staff about a bear hunt before voting ...

This story has been updated to correct a typo. Bear Warriors United, an Oviedo-based nonprofit dedicated to defending Florida's wildlife, filed a lawsuit Aug. 15 to block the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

At this week’s Commission meeting in Havana, Commissioners of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted to approve amendments to bear hunting rules, which will take effect ...

CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (WTXL) — The advocacy group Bear Warriors United filed a lawsuit against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to stop the Bear Hunt this year. The FWC voted on ...

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. This ...

A wildlife conservation group has filed a complaint against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, saying it violated state law in how it developed rules to resume an annual black bear ...

Bear Warriors United filed a complaint against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission over new bear hunting rules. The group argues the FWC violated procedure, ignored scientific data ...

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, ...

NEXT TIME I SEE YOU. NEW AT FOUR. A NEW PUSH TO STOP A BEAR HUNT FROM HAPPENING IN FLORIDA. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS, THE STATE HAS GIVEN THE GO AHEAD TO SHOOT BLACK BEARS JUST LIKE THIS ONE ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Now that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has given the go-ahead for the state's first bear hunt in a decade, those for and against the hunt are ...