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Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 23, 2015

Dear Bear Hunters, It’s strange to me that you consider killing living things a sport. That you smile over the carcass of a once-living thing and revel in your kill both shocks and offends me. Killing animals for food is one thing – cows are cute, but I love me some steak – but to […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 23, 2015

Dear Bear Hunters, It’s strange to me that you consider killing living things a sport. That you smile over the carcass of a once-living thing and revel in your kill both shocks and offends me. Killing animals for food is one thing – cows are cute, but I love me some steak – but to […]

Jim RosicaOctober 14, 2015

A Seminole County woman says she was behind a small plane’s buzzing of the Capitol on Wednesday, trailing a “No Bear Hunt!” banner with the email address of Gov. Rick Scott‘s chief of staff. Connie Hedden de Haan of Longwood had AirSign.com, an aerial advertising company, fly the banner around the Capitol as Scott, other elected officials and […]

Jim RosicaOctober 1, 2015

A Tallahassee judge on Thursday denied a request from an environmental group to stop a planned bear hunt in Florida later this month. After a 4 1/2-hour hearing, Circuit Judge George Reynolds rejected Speak Up Wekiva’s request for a temporary injunction against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), which approved the week-long hunting season. […]

Melissa RossSeptember 14, 2015

The League of Women Voters of Florida has sent out an e-blast calling for a stop to Florida’s scheduled bear hunt– a message that includes a plug for the organization’s First Vice President, Chuck O’Neal. The missive, “Stop the Hunt! Vote for Chuck!” asks readers to click on a link that takes you to the […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 9, 2015

State Rep. Frank Artiles soon will be literally ‘loaded for bear’: His name is on the state’s list of permit holders for next month’s black bear hunting season. A list provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Wednesday after a public-records request shows Artiles’ name among the 2,055 who have received […]

Melissa RossAugust 28, 2015

Animal advocates from across Florida say they’ve organized a statewide protest against a bear hunt that officials have scheduled for Oct. 24 to 30. “We think there are other ways to solve this problem,” says Adam Sugalski, the campaign’s director. “Killing is not conservation. We need to protect these animals and find other nonlethal solutions,” he said. Sugalski […]

Guest AuthorMay 25, 2015

On June 24 the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will vote on a proposal to open a trophy hunt on Florida’s unique subspecies of black bears. They were removed from the list of threatened species just three years ago. The trouble is, the commission does not have enough information to make this decision and […]

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Janelle Irwin: An open letter to the 3,200 people hoping to kill bears over the next week

An open letter to the 3,200 people hoping to kill bears over the next week

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League of Women Voters: Stop the bear hunt

Frank Artiles’ name on list of bear hunting permits

“Stop the Hunt” activists plan statewide protests against black bear hunt

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