Nine Montanans are asking the courts to stop a hunt that could hurt black bear populations in northwest Montana.

SINCE BEAR HUNTING HAS BEEN ALLOWED HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. BUT NOW THE POSSIBILITY OF IT HAPPENING AGAIN AND POSSIBLY THIS YEAR IS BEING CONSIDERED AS WESH 2’S MICHELLE MEREDITH REPORTS.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will host three virtual meetings in April to discuss a potential black bear hunt. The FWC is considering a hunt because the state's ...

However, the bill itself outlines an argument in favor of hunting bears. Allowing hunters to send their hounds after bears, the bill argues, would increase the number of bears killed every year by ...

For the first time in nearly a decade, Florida wildlife officials are considering a black bear hunt. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in December asked its staff to come up ...

Louisiana is expanding black bear hunting just one year after its first season in decades, more than doubling the number of hunters allowed to participate and more than tripling the number of ...

Louisiana will expand its black bear hunting season in 2025, increasing the number of permits and opening two new hunting areas. The decision comes after a successful inaugural hunt in 2024 ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is holding a series of virtual public meetings to collect feedback on proposals for highly regulated black bear hunting in Florida.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There is outcry from activists working to keep California's black bears safe in response to a bill that would bring back the use of hound dogs to hunt bears. The practice ...

Hounding of bears by hunters during bear hunting season was outlawed by the Legislature in 2012 and shouldn't come back even if hunters don't intend to kill the bears. As in 2012, it remains cruel ...

Please, someone come to their senses and get rid of the planning to allow annual bear hunts in Florida. I am near heavy tears each time I call 911 to report a car-struck bear on the roadside.