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Seminole County Not Game For Another Bear Hunt

Seminole County commissioners joined Miami-Dade and Volusia in passing a resolution opposed to another bear hunt in Florida.
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Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

Seminole County commissioners are adding their voices to the growing opposition to what would be the second bear hunting season in Florida since the 1970s.

Seminole County commissioners joined Miami-Dade and Volusia in passing a resolution opposed to another bear hunt in Florida.
The Florida Channel
Seminole County commissioners joined Miami-Dade and Volusia in passing a resolution opposed to another bear hunt in Florida.

The Seminole County Commission opposes the hunt in a resolution that also asks the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to manage human-bear conflict through habitat management and deterrent techniques.

The FWC conducted the first modern hunt in October despite intense opposition. It is expected to discuss another hunt at a meeting at the end of June. Miami-Dade and Volusia counties have passed similar resolutions.

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Jim Ash is a reporter at WFSU-FM. A Miami native, he is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience, most of it in print. He has been a member of the Florida Capital Press Corps since 1992.