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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 daughter reportedly called 911 at 7:15 a ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County.

An 89-year-old man and his dog were found dead May 5 in Collier County near Naples, after what Florida officials say is the first fatal bear attack in the state's recorded history. Officials said ...

it would be the first death by bear attack in Florida. The last documented black bear attack in Collier County happened Jan. 9, 2018, when a black bear attacked a man in his North Naples yard.