Posted January 29, 2015 2:41 am by Comments

By Patriot Outdoor News

Anti-hunting groups to include the Florida Wildlife Federation, Environmental Action, The Humane Society of the United States, and the state chapter of the Sierra Club are opposed to the measure.

With expanding bear numbers leading to unprecedented attacks and increased collisions with automobiles, the Florida Wildlife Commission is seeking to reinstate the first bear season in over 20 years.

The commission will decide at its upcoming Feb. 4 meeting whether or not to proceed with plans to control the state’s population of black bears through hunting.

This comes as attacks across the state by bears are on the rise.

In Lady Lake four months …read more

Via:: Patriot Outdoor News

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