Jesse SchecknerAugust 13, 2025
A lawsuit filed by Bear Warriors United could delay or derail the season, which is set to run Dec. 6-28 if the state prevails in court.
Tag: bear hunt
Jesse SchecknerAugust 13, 2025
Peter SchorschAugust 11, 2025
The Commission will decide this week whether to greenlight the first bear hunt since the 2015 free-for-all.
Janelle Irwin TaylorAugust 11, 2025
At the very least, she asks that the proposal remove inhumane hunting methods.
Jacob OglesJune 2, 2025
6min0
A hunt in 2015 was shut down after 2 days. The Orlando Democrat doesn't want to wait until 300 bears die this time.
Drew WilsonMay 19, 2025
4min0
'Florida’s last bear hunt was a massacre ... they want to do it again in an even crueler way.'
Associated PressJune 22, 2016
1min176
Florida wildlife officials have voted against holding a black bear hunt this year at their quarterly meeting. After nearly seven hours of comments Wednesday from staff and the public, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-3 against a 2016 hunt. They also voted to have staff gather more information so that they could […]
Guest AuthorJune 19, 20166min417
On June 22, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will discuss whether to open another Florida black bear hunt. It was a bad idea last year, and it’s a bad idea this year, especially now that a group of knowledgeable Florida scientists has sent a detailed letter to the state’s wildlife agency. They make […]
Jim RosicaJune 16, 2016
4min263
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff will recommend another black bear hunt for later this year, according to a memo released Thursday. The memo, included in agenda material for the FWC meeting in Eastpoint next Wednesday and Thursday, says “the staff recommendation is to continue to use hunting to slow the growth of bear populations.” That’s […]
Melissa RossJune 11, 2016
2min196
As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission debates whether to hold another bear hunt later this year, activists opposed to the practice say they’ll stage a statewide protest to urge the FWC to vote the idea down. Commissioners approved the controversial hunt last year, the first in the state in more than two decades. […]
Scott PowersApril 6, 2016
7min409
State redistricting has transformed west Orange County’s Senate district from a longstanding African American-dominated base to a broader, still Democratic-leaning base where environmental operative Chuck O’Neal sees a route to Tallahassee. Apopka resident O’Neal, who has been active on issues ranging from protection of springs and estuaries to opposition to Florida’s bear hunt and oil […]