Bears sent to University of Florida for examination after 89-year-old Robert Markel of Jerome, his dog killed during attack.

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 ...

The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, authorities said.

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 and Collier County Sheriff's Office responded and have ... What about in Pensacola where black bear sightings are fairly common? Florida black ...

Evidence and DNA collected from a black bear killed this week has confirmed it was the animal that killed a Collier County ...

FWC has confirmed the DNA from the three bears killed were at the scene of the fatal attack. The agency says one bear had ...

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 ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has concluded its initial investigation, confirming the first ...

An elderly man and his dog were killed in a black bear attack in the unincorporated Collier County community of Jerome, Florida, on May 5. Robert Markel's granddaughter reportedly called 911 at 7: ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County.