The Self Defense Act of 2024 allows for the taking of bears, without any penalties, under specific circumstances.

After what sounded like gunfire, FWC officials emerged from the woods with a dead bear, possibly connected to the May 5 ...

The state’s wildlife agency will test the bears’ DNA to determine if any of them had attacked and killed an 89-year-old man.

The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, authorities said.

When Sue Story found her father's dog mauled in her front yard but there was no sign of Robert Markel, she told authorities ...

Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears in southwest Florida following a fatal attack on a man and a dog a ...

Robert Markel and his dog were found mauled to death on May 5, 2025, in a black bear attack in rural Jerome in Collier County ...

Authorities are investigating what could be the first deadly black bear attack in Florida's history after an 89-year-old man ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is continuing to investigate a deadly bear attack. Officials say an ...

A man and dog were killed in a black bear attack May 5, 2025 in Collier County, Florida. It's the second bear attack this ...

Wildlife officials in Florida are working to find the bear, or bears, behind an attack that killed an 89-year-old man and his ...

The man who died has been identified as 89-year-old Robert Markel, a long-time resident of a small community in Collier County.