2 soldiers attacked by bear during training at Army base in Alaska
Two soldiers from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, were injured in a brown bear attack on Friday during a training session.
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Two soldiers from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, were injured in a brown bear attack on Friday during a training session.
More data is being released by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission after the state's first permitted bear hunt in a decade was held.
The hiker's GPS watch, which uses satellite signals to log routes and monitors heart rate, was retrieved after the fatal attack, the Asahi Shimbun reported.
A judge rejected a request to halt the state's first bear hunt in a decade after a group was unable to show "substantial likelihood of success on the merits" in its lawsuit challenging the hunt.
Bear hunting has long been controversial in Florida, with the last hunt held in 2015. The FWC on Aug. 13 approved this year's hunt, which is scheduled from Dec. 6 to Dec. 28.
Arguing that Florida's decision to hold a bear hunt in December is not based on "sound" science and research, a conservation group this week asked a judge for an emergency temporary injunction to halt the hunt.
Florida's first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for just 172 permits.
A Florida man shot and killed a bear that broke into his DeLand home Friday, startling his family before wildlife officials responded.
A woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after a bear attacked her outside of her home in southern Alaska on Tuesday morning, authorities said.
The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade will take place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife officials.
Bear hunting has long been a controversial issue in Florida, with opponents saying that killing bears for sport won't reduce human-bear interactions. But calls to hold a hunt have been growing.
A northern Florida man said he was attacked by a bear while protecting his dog.
FWC Executive Director Roger Young said that the first meeting, open to anyone "who wants to provide feedback" on a potential bear hunt, will be held on March 13.
On Wednesday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission directed officials to bring forward proposals for a possible bear hunt.
A 72-year-old man killed a grizzly bear in Flathead County, Montana after it attacked him while he was out picking berries.
Police said the homeowner had seen the bear on his trail camera previously, but the inquisitive creature “is now coming closer to the residence.
Gov. Ron DeSantis' office announced Friday night that he had signed 14 bills from this year's legislative session and vetoed three.
At least six family members who shared a meal of bear meat that one of the family members had harvested earlier were subsequently infected with brain worms, the CDC reports.
A concerning video shows a group of people in North Carolina pulling two small bear cubs from a tree in Asheville.
Ukrainian troops seized a bombed-out zoo in the midst of fighting in 2022, rescuing Yampil, an Asiatic black bear, in the nick of time.
A Florida family had their Taco Bell delivery order swiped from their front porch by a bear apparently looking to live mas. A camera captured the fast-food heist in the Orlando suburb of Longwood.
The caper was captured on the home's Ring camera.
"The gutsy girl grounded the guy with a gut," Fat Bear Week officials said of their newly-crowned "bear with the biggest beardonkadonk."
The black bear was filmed just inches away from a family as it interrupted a birthday lunch to devour the tacos and enchiladas
The bears chomped on doughnut holes and other pastries, ignoring the banging on the side of the van that was aimed at shooing them away.
