Two orphaned black bear cubs were transferred from the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center to Sonoma County ...

FLORIDA — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has just released a memo shedding new light on what a proposed black bear hunt could look like in our state. The proposed rules outline ...

Hunters killed 368 bears during the first part of New Jersey’s annual bear hunt for 2025, a 7.3% decrease compared to the same time last year, data from the state Department of Environmental ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A Florida wildlife advocacy group has filed an injunction against the state’s wildlife commission in an attempt to halt a controversial black bear hunt scheduled for December.

FLORIDA, USA — Arguing that Florida’s decision to hold a bear hunt in December is not based on “sound” science and research, a conservation group this week asked a judge for an emergency temporary ...

In October 2015, Adam Sugalski stood at a check station in Lake City, Florida, and counted each dead Florida black bear brought in from the city’s hunt. The statewide hunt was called off after just ...

Florida distributes 172 black bear permits to hunters, non-hunters for December's black bear hunt. Environmental groups have bought dozens of Florida black bear hunting permits. How will that impact ...

New Jersey’s 2025 black bear hunting season will be split into two segments — an archery season in October and a firearm season in December — with state wildlife officials retaining the authority to ...

Katrina Shadix submitted 550 applications for bear hunting permits hours before the deadline to enter Florida’s lottery for the black bear hunt. At $5 a pop, Shadix spent $2,750 on applications, but ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number of permits, including from opponents who are trying to reduce the ...

More than 100,000 Floridians have entered a lottery for a rare December black bear hunt, even as conservationists work to protect bears by paying for permits they won't use. There are about 4,000 ...