Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bear Warriors United filed a second lawsuit Sept. 17 against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as the group ...

Pointing to its constitutional power to manage wildlife, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is urging a judge to toss out a lawsuit that seeks to prevent a bear hunt in December.

A Leon County circuit judge on Monday rejected a group's request for a temporary injunction to halt Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade. With the three-week hunt set to begin Dec. 6, Circuit ...

Despite pleas from animal-rights advocates, Florida wildlife officials on Wednesday approved holding a 23-day bear hunt in December that could lead to 187 bears being killed. The Florida Fish and ...

The lawsuit comes after the state’s wildlife agency on Friday opened applications for bear hunting permits. A truck displays signage by Bear Warriors United outside the Ewers Century Center in Ocala ...

A conservation group has sued to stop Florida's first bear hunt in a decade, which is scheduled to begin in December. The lawsuit claims the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission used ...

Florida hunters bagged their biggest trophy in memory Aug. 13 when state wildlife officials voted to approve rules that will resume an annual black bear hunting season. At the conclusion of more than ...

HAVANA, Fla. — It’s official: Florida will see its first bear hunt in a decade this December, assuming the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s decision holds up in court. The issue of ...