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A bear hunt was already on the state's May agenda, but the first documented human killing on May 5 lit a fire under an ...
Robert Markel's granddaughter told authorities she saw a bear maul her grandfather's dog but couldn't find him. Markel's dog ...
DNA, necropsy results show that just one of three bears shot by wildlife officials was responsible for fatally mauling Robert ...
Soon after first responders arrived at a home at 22777 State Road 29 in Jerome after a 7:15 a.m. call, they found the body of ...
The attack was the second in Florida in the last two weeks. A Jerome man and his dog were killed May 5 in the first fatality ...
For the first time in Florida’s history a person died as the result of a black bear attack. After investigating the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed in a release that Robert ...
The partial remains of an 89 year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and Wildlife officials captured ...
Officials in Florida confirmed that a man and his dog found dead earlier this month were killed by a bear, a first for the ...
FWC has confirmed the DNA from the three bears killed were at the scene of the fatal attack. The agency says one bear had ...
Newly released 911 calls captured pleas for help after an 89-year-old man and his dog were killed by a bear in southwest ...
Robert Markel, 89, was found dead near his trailer in Collier County, Florida, in what authorities believe to be the first ...
FWC confirms a 263-pound male black bear killed Robert Markel in the first recorded fatal bear attack in Florida history. Three bears were killed near the scene, and necropsy results confirmed one ...