From the Orlando Sentinel:
"...allowing trophy hunters to shoot random bears deep in the woods won't do anything to reduce suburban conflicts..."
"...FWC bear biologist David Telesco told The Apalachicola Times that bear-proof trash containers reduce foraging by 95 percent..."
From the Sun-Sentinel:
"...In the past 26 years, at least eight scientific studies probed the question, and not one found evidence that hunting results in fewer human-bear conflicts...Hunting doesn't reduce neighborhood conflicts because hunters generally remove non-problem bears from the population. Hunters target large bears deep in the woods — but not in Florida's urban conflict zones..."
"...Each of the five Florida bear incidents has a common denominator: Bears had ready access to garbage and food. After one incident, authorities charged three people in the neighborhood with intentionally and illegally feeding bears...The other incidents happened near open Dumpsters and trash bins where bears and cubs were eating..."
"...In a statewide January poll, 61 percent of Florida voters say they oppose a bear hunt..."
"...allowing trophy hunters to shoot random bears deep in the woods won't do anything to reduce suburban conflicts..."
"...FWC bear biologist David Telesco told The Apalachicola Times that bear-proof trash containers reduce foraging by 95 percent..."
From the Sun-Sentinel:
"...In the past 26 years, at least eight scientific studies probed the question, and not one found evidence that hunting results in fewer human-bear conflicts...Hunting doesn't reduce neighborhood conflicts because hunters generally remove non-problem bears from the population. Hunters target large bears deep in the woods — but not in Florida's urban conflict zones..."
"...Each of the five Florida bear incidents has a common denominator: Bears had ready access to garbage and food. After one incident, authorities charged three people in the neighborhood with intentionally and illegally feeding bears...The other incidents happened near open Dumpsters and trash bins where bears and cubs were eating..."
"...In a statewide January poll, 61 percent of Florida voters say they oppose a bear hunt..."