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

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 ...

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 ...

After what sounded like gunfire, FWC officials emerged from the woods with a dead bear, possibly connected to the May 5 ...

An 89-year-old man and his dog were killed in Collier County in Florida's first fatal bear attack. How common are attacks in Florida, Pensacola.

After Robert Markel's daughter called to report a bear had just killed her father's dog, officials found Markel's body yards ...

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 year. Both involved a dog.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials have shot and killed three black bears overnight in the ...

FWC says a bear attacked a man and his dog near Jerome on Monday morning. It's telling people to avoid the area.

Florida black bear sightings in Florida. Florida black bears are common in the state, with FWC estimating approximately 4,050 ...

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.