Drew Garnier, 33, will now serve 30 years in prison after agreeing to a deal with prosecutors that allowed him to plead ...

Amid a wave of opposition, Florida wildlife officials will meet Wednesday to consider whether to hold a black bear hunt for ...

A state plan to resume bear hunting after a decade-long hibernation has deepened the discord over whether a bear hunt is a ...

A bear hunt was already on the state's May agenda, but the first documented human killing on May 5 lit a fire under an ...

Right now, across Florida, conservation officers and other law enforcement can stop boats for no reason other than what they ...

More than a dozen protestors gathered at the Florida Capitol on Saturday, frustrated at the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Humane World for Animals flatly opposes any recreational hunt, but says the options on the table for 2025 are particularly “cruel and dangerous” — the organization describes hounding as a “brutal” ...

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A controversial plan to bring back bear hunting in Florida is facing pushback. Protesters gathered at Lake Eola over the ...

Demonstrators rallied in Palm Beach Gardens Saturday, accusing FWC of pushing an 'unscientific' black bear hunt without current data.

At a December Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) meeting after receiving an update on the commission's ...

The concept of a black bear hunt is nothing new for Florida. The FWC says regulated bear hunting occurred in the state in the 1930s and continued until it was closed in 1994. The agency reopened ...