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Environmental advocate Chuck O’Neal is running for the state senate. He launched his campaign Tuesday for the District 11 seat currently held by Alan Hays.
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A DeBary man faces a misdemeanor citation after Florida's bear hunt last month.Wildlife authorities say the man tried to bait the bears using two honey buns, a chocolate éclair, a doughnut, a fish filet and a piece of cherry pie.
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The central Florida activist behind litigation that had sought to stop the state’s bear hunt is running for the Florida House of Representatives.Chuck O'Neal says he plans to run for the seat held by Scott Plakon.
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The bear hunt is over but not the controversy surrounding it. Then George O’Leary abruptly ends his storied career with the University of Central Florida’s football program but not in the winning style he would have wanted. And what about the terms of his contract?And Floridians Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush mixed it up in the third GOP presidential primary debate Wednesday night.
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The state’s first black bear hunt in two decades has ended after two days. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports 295 bears dead.
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Florida's black bear hunt starts Saturday, a handful of fun rights bills are moving through the legislature, and Charlie Crist is launching a bid for Congress. Intersection's round table of journalists talks the issue impacting Central Florida this week.
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Environmentalists protested around Florida, a day before the state’s bear hunt.More than 3,500 people have bought a permit for the hunt, as many hunters as there are bears in the state.
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Saturday more than 2,500 hunters will take to the woods in pursuit of the Florida black bear.It is the state's first bear hunt in more than 20 years.
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Florida will hold its first bear hunt in two decades this weekend to manage the population of the animal that is a nuisance in many neighborhoods and responsible for maulings statewide.Wildlife authorities agree the best way to keep bears out of neighborhoods is to remove food sources like garbage. State regulations prohibit leaving garbage outside for bears.
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It’s been 20 years since Florida’s last bear hunt, and environmentalists opposed to the hunt are seeking volunteers to monitor hunters, to make sure everything is being done by the books.