BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — A total of 16 Louisiana black bears were harvested during the second bear hunting season, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has announced. The harvest ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released the results of the state’s first black bear hunt in a decade — one which drew legal action and protests.

Hunters killed 52 black bears during Florida's 2025 bear hunt, which was the first one permitted in ten years. The hunt was recommended by the FWC to manage a growing bear population, which has led to ...

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 (WESH) -- Florida’s first black bear hunt since 2015 ended Saturday, closing a three-week season that drew sharp criticism from animal advocacy groups despite assurances from state wildlife ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — It is the final day of Florida’s first black bear hunt in ten years, initiated by the Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC) to manage the state’s growing bear population. The hunt began ...

Florida's black bear population has rebounded, prompting the state to reintroduce a managed hunt. Anti-hunting groups have legally challenged the hunt and encouraged non-hunters to apply for permits.

Florida's first statewide black bear hunt in a decade is more than halfway over but state wildlife leaders have offered no information on its progress, not even a death count. "Are we overkilling like ...

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The 2025 New Jersey bear hunt will be extended four days after the number of bears killed fell just shy of the harvest rate threshold at the end of the second session. There were 86 bears killed in ...

The tragedy of the Florida bear hunt is that it is so horrific and unnecessary. As in the Western U.S. and suburban Orlando’s Seminole County, there are ways of peacefully living with these ...

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