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Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears following a fatal attack on an elderly man and his dog near Naples.
The partial remains of an 89-year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and Wildlife officials captured earlier this week following the first deadly bear attack in the ...
Evidence and DNA collected from a black bear killed this week has confirmed it was the animal that killed a Collier County ...
FWC has confirmed the DNA from the three bears killed were at the scene of the fatal attack. The agency says one bear had some of the victim's remains in it.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has confirmed they have the corpse of the bear that killed a Collier ...
These things do happen — we’re living in their environment,” said a resident after Monday’s deadly bear attack in Collier ...
A recent fatal black bear attack in rural Collier County has brought the complexities of human-wildlife coexistence into sharp focus, marking a tragic..
Residents in Collier County are anxiously awaiting DNA test results to determine if one of the three bears killed this week ...
A man and a dog were killed in a bear attack in rural Jerome, Florida on May 5, 2025. A family member reportedly called 911 at 7:15 a.m. after witnessing a bear kill the victim's dog. There was no ...
When Sue Story found her father's dog mauled in her front yard but there was no sign of Robert Markel, she told authorities ...
An investigation is ongoing and killing the bears is protocol, the FWC said. If confirmed, it would be the first recorded ...