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 ...

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 ...

One of the three, a 263-pound male, was positively identified by his DNA being on the dog, inside the trailer and on Markel’s ...

After investigating the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed in a release that Robert Markel, 89, and his dog, were killed as the result of a bear attack over a week ago.

Evidence and DNA collected from a black bear killed this week confirmed it was the animal that killed 89-year-old Robert Markel and his dog, state wildlife officials said. Officers responded to a ...