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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 ...
An man and his dog were mauled to death by a black bear in Jerome, Florida. The 89-year-old man's death marks the first ...
Bears sent to University of Florida for examination after 89-year-old Robert Markel of Jerome, his dog killed during attack.
The last documented black bear attack in Collier County happened Jan. 9, 2018, when a black bear attacked a man in his North ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing a black bear hunt in December to address, what it says,<a ...
FWC has confirmed the DNA from the three bears killed were at the scene of the fatal attack. The agency says one bear had ...
The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, authorities said.
The FWC said Markel's remains were found in a male black bear they captured and euthanized after the tragic incident occurred ...
One person, dog dead in Collier County bear mauling; officials haul dead bear out of woods Black bear attacks, kills man and ...
A man and dog were killed in a black bear attack May 5, 2025 in Collier County, Florida. It's the second bear attack this ...