After what sounded like gunfire, FWC officials emerged from the woods with a dead bear, possibly connected to the May 5 ...

On May 5, a bear apparently mauled a Collier County man and his dog to death. Has this happened before? How can you protect ...

FWC has confirmed the DNA from the three bears killed were at the scene of the fatal attack. The agency says one bear had ...

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Evidence and DNA collected from a black bear killed this week has confirmed it was the animal that killed a Collier County ...

Robert Markel and his dog were found mauled to death on May 5, 2025, in a black bear attack in rural Jerome in Collier County ...

The last documented black bear attack in Collier County happened Jan. 9, 2018, when a black bear attacked a man in his North ...

Residents in Collier County are anxiously awaiting DNA test results to determine if one of the three bears killed this week ...

kills man and dog in Collier County, Florida. What we know Did you know? There is a bear 'Self-Defense Act' in Florida. What to know Black bear mauling that killed man, dog near Naples is 2nd ...

The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, authorities said.

An elderly man and his dog were killed in a black bear attack in the unincorporated Collier County community of Jerome, Florida, on May 5. Robert Markel's granddaughter reportedly called 911 at 7: ...