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Florida bear hunt: FWC approves proposal for first bear hunt in 10 years

Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted on Wednesday to host a proposed three-week ...
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FWC approves 1st black bear hunt in a decade amid fierce opposition and legal threats

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted unanimously Wednesday to establish a black bear hunting ...

Florida bear hunt rules face legal challenge from conservationists

A wildlife conservation group has filed a complaint that the state violated state law in how it developed rules for an annual black bear hunt.
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FWC approves black bear hunting rules, permits available for 2025 season

The new rules will establish bear hunting zones within four of the seven existing bear management units. The FWC says in ...
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Florida FWC commissioners to vote on December black bear hunt

During the 2015 Florida black bear hunt, more than 300 -- including the prohibited lactating mothers and cubs -- were ...

Bear hunting returning to Florida for first time in a decade following unanimous FWC vote

HAVANA, Fla. (WCTV) - Bear hunting is returning to the state of Florida for the first time in a decade. During a meeting Wednesday in Havana, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

'Needless slaughter': Lawsuit filed against FWC after black bear hunt approval in Florida

A lawsuit was filed against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) days after approving the hunt.
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Investigation Leads to Conviction in Felony Animal Cruelty Case

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Captive Wildlife Investigations received a report of numerous abandoned reptiles.

I fear Florida's FWC-authorized bear hunt will be a bloody, cruel massacre | Opinion

Florida's black bear hunting season will also be much longer than the one in 2015, and likely a lot bloodier. Wildlife ...
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Florida man who abandoned 111 geckos in storage unit pleads guilty to animal cruelty

A major reptile neglect case has concluded with a Florida man pleading guilty to felony animal cruelty, the Florida Fish and ...