• The Clermont City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday opposing the upcoming bear hunt. The resolution urges The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission to reconsider the bear hunt, and asks the governor and General Assembly to step in and stop the hunt.
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• Nearly two-dozen environmental groups are joining a legal effort aimed at stopping Florida’s first bear hunt in two decades.
They filed a “friend of court” brief Friday in Tallahassee in support of the lawsuit against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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• Environmentalists want bear-resistant trash cans rather than a statewide hunt as the response to a growing number of complaints about bears in neighborhoods.
They rallied Thursday morning in Orlando to protest next month’s bear hunt.
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• A Circuit Court judge has agreed to consider whether to stop Florida’s first bear hunt in two decades.
The hearing is scheduled for Oct. 1, weeks before the week-long hunt of the animal that was removed from the threatened list in 2012.
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• Environmentalists suing the state over the upcoming bear hunt are urging a judge to step in and stop the hunt before it starts next month.
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• Permit sales for Florida’s first bear hunt in two decades are on track outpace the state’s bear population.
Hunters have purchased more than 1,300 permits since they went on sale a week ago, nearly half the number of bears in the state.
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• A growing population and an increase in development is impacting Florida’s environment. What’s being done to balance new development and conserve Florida’s natural resources?
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