Keeping Bears At Bay In Central Florida
• Central Floridians are experiencing more Black Bear encounters as temperatures rise and mating season begins.
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• Central Floridians are experiencing more Black Bear encounters as temperatures rise and mating season begins.
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• Lake County’s rolling out a new batch of bear-resistant trash cans. Lake is one of the top five counties for bear-human interaction in the state, according to complaint call data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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• The Florida Legislature appropriated $500,000 for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s “BearWise” program. It provides bear-proof trash cans to local governments that apply.
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• Orlando topped the number of nuisance alligator complaints last year. That’s according to data from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program.
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• A bear hunt this fall would be broken into three, four-day periods, with hunters applying on a first-come, first-served basis. Those are some staff recommendations that are before the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission today.
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• “Seasonal manatee zones” for boaters go into effect Friday. Florida wildlife officials are warning boaters to slow down for the sea cows to avoid injuring them.
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• Weeks after the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission voted almost unanimously to revive the practice of hunting black bears in the state, a coalition of environmental groups has filed suit to block the hunt. Seminole County’s Speak up Wekiva was joined by the Sierra Club, the League of Women Voters of Florida, and others in asking a court to consider the constitutionality of the FWC’s decision. They say that it’s the FWC’s job to protect natural resources, not put them in the line of fire. Only three years ago, black bears were considered endangered in Florida. Today, the state estimates that there are 2,500 to 3,000 bears in the state – but in a June interview with the Tampa Bay …
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• If you have an iguana, monkey or python that maybe shouldn’t be kept as the family pet, state wildlife officials will be more than happy to take them off your hands. The aim of the Exotic Pet Amnesty Program is to put these non-native animals in the state’s care, instead of being released into the wild.
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