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Travel To Alaska To Visit The Beautiful 'Brown Bear Viewing Capital Of The World'

There are a number of parks in Alaska where you can view brown bears, but this island boasts nearly as many bears as humans, averaging one per square mile.

After a decade off, Florida resumes bear hunting. Here’s what to expect.

The state’s first sanctioned hunt of black bears in a decade kicks off amid sharply divided public opinion and efforts by ...
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Get Up Close And Personal With Brown Bears At This Overlooked Alaska National Park

This all too often overlooked Nation Park in Alaska lets you get as up close and personal with brown bears as is humanly safe ...

Florida kicks off first black bear hunt in a decade, despite pushback

For the first time in a decade, hunters are fanning out across Florida to legally hunt the Florida black bear.

Wild story about mother bear and cub rescuing lost girl in Alaska is fake

A rumor that circulated online in December 2025 claimed that a pair of trail camera photos authentically showed a mother bear ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Will there be a bear hunt in Florida in 2025? What to know ahead of lawsuit, protests

Florida's controversial bear hunt is scheduled to take place from Dec. 6 to Dec. 28. A nonprofit organization has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the hunt, with a hearing scheduled for Nov. 24. The ...
WUFT

Florida’s black bear hunt, unpopular among residents, still scheduled

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...
WFTV

FWC requests dismissal of bear hunt lawsuit

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has requested a judge to dismiss the lawsuit seeking to prevent the bear hunt scheduled for December. In September, Bear Warriors ...
The New York Times

The Hunt Is On for Bears in Japan After Deadly Attacks

Residents in the northern region of Akita are living in fear after dozens of assaults on humans. Riot police and the army have been sent to help. Traditional hunters, known as matagi, roam the forests ...
The Indianapolis Star

Florida bear advocates rally in Tallahassee, call on DeSantis to stop the hunt

Nearly 200 opponents of a Florida black bear hunt protested at the state Capitol and Fish and Wildlife Commission headquarters. The Sierra Club and other groups are asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to stop ...
WCTV

Florida black bear hunt protest draws hundreds to state capitol

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Florida Capitol on Monday, calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to stop the state’s first black bear hunt in a ...
Miami New Times

Florida Black Bear Population Shows Sharp Decline Ahead of State Hunt

A state-sanctioned hunt to slash rising human-bear interactions may be predicated on a false belief that Florida black bear populations have been growing, according to newly released research from the ...