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Florida wildlife officers kill three black bears after a bear killed a man and dog
Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears in southwest Florida following a fatal attack on a man and a dog a day earlier, officials said Tuesday.
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Bear attack kills man, dog in rural Jerome, Florida. Where is that and what happened?
A man and a dog were killed in a bear attack in rural Jerome, Florida on May 5, 2025. A family member reportedly called 911 at 7:15 a.m. after witnessing a bear kill the victim's dog. There was no ...
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First Fatal Bear Attack in Florida’s Recorded History Leaves Man and Dog Dead
Officials in Florida have announced the state's first known fatal bear attack. © lwolfartist, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia ...
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911 calls released from bear attack that killed 89-year-old man and his dog
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) – Wildlife officials in Florida are working to find the bear, or bears, behind an attack that killed an 89-year-old man and his dog Monday morning. The 911 calls from ...
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Massive black bear mauls elderly Florida man and his dog to death — in the state’s first deadly attack on record
A massive black bear, weighing close to 300 pounds, mauled to death an 89-year-old Florida man and his faithful dog — the first deadly attack in Sunshine State history. Robert Markel’s ...