Ryan NicolJune 22, 2024
6min0
Proponents say the law needed to be clarified, while critics worry trigger-happy Floridians could threaten the black bear's population.
Tag: black bears
Ryan NicolJune 22, 2024
Jesse SchecknerFebruary 21, 2024
8min0
Only 1 Republican voted against the measure with 11 Democrats.
Jesse SchecknerFebruary 15, 2024
8min0
Florida black bears are generally shy and afraid of humans.
Jesse SchecknerDecember 12, 202313min0
Florida law already permits people to kill bears in deadly situations. This would require less legal scrutiny after lethal encounters.
Scott PowersNovember 8, 2017
2min320
The hunting of black bear mothers of cubs under 100 pounds would be banned in Florida under a bill filed Wednesday by state Rep. Bobby Olszewski. House Bill 559 also makes harvesting of saw palmetto berries, the primary food of Florida black bears, to be declared petit theft of the second degree. Olszewski, a Winter […]
Guest AuthorJune 27, 2017
5min1013
It’s always heartbreaking when I hear that yet another Florida black bear or Florida panther has gotten killed on a Florida road. So far this year, vehicle collisions killed an average of two endangered Florida panthers a month. And for bears, the toll is worse: About 20 black bears die every month on roadways as […]
Guest AuthorApril 10, 2017
5min514
Florida’s black bears are once again under threat of trophy hunters invading their forest homes and shooting them for no reason. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission may revisit the issue of a Florida statewide hunt on black bears, and it is time for citizens to let them know we want our bears protected […]
Associated PressMay 9, 2016
1min465
The National Park Service has given the green light for a Texas company to explore for oil and gas in the Big Cypress National Preserve. Park service officials said Friday that a 20-month environmental review showed there would be no significant impact if Burnett Oil Co. did a survey 110 square miles in the national […]
Associated PressDecember 27, 2015
7min185
Florida’s biggest news story for 2015 happened in the year’s first days, when the state became the 36th with legalized gay marriage, according to an Associated Press poll of the state’s newspaper and broadcast editors. Gay marriage easily beat out the No. 2 story, the long-running saga over the districts the Florida Legislature drew for […]
Frank TorresNovember 2, 20152min265
Sunday afternoon, real estate investor and black bear activist Chuck O’Neal announced his intention to run for Florida House District 29, surrounded by friends and family in downtown Orlando. O’Neal made the announcement at a memorial held to mourn and raise awareness of the 300 black bears killed the previous weekend during a hunt authorized by the Florida […]