Our black bears deserve better; our people deserve better. Pandering to special interest groups and blood sport enthusiasts ...

Animal rights activists lost their fight against a Florida bear hunt last month. Now with the hunt’s final approval drawing near, they’re hoping a canine caveat, a hunting permit end-run and other ...

Applications opened Friday for Florida’s first regulated black bear hunt in a decade, a lottery that will distribute just 187 harvest permits and has reignited a heated dispute between hunters and ...

For only the second time in modern history, Florida will likely hold a black bear hunt - this one in 2025. Wildlife managers voted May 21 to hold a black bear hunt in December, despite public outcry, ...

Adam Sugalski–who leads the efforts of Bear Defenders, a coalition of dedicated to ending bear hunting across the United States; their singular focus currently is opposing the bear hunt that the ...

Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Jeff ...

In this May 17, 2015, file photo, a Louisiana Black Bear, subspecies of the black bear rests in a water oak tree in a neighborhood in Marksville, La. TALLAHASSEE — State wildlife officials next month ...