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

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

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, Florida.

The last documented black bear attack in Collier County happened Jan. 9, 2018, when a black bear attacked a man in his North ...

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

Authorities in Collier County are investigating a tragic incident involving a bear attack that left an elderly man and his ...

A tragic bear attack in Collier County left an 89-year-old man and his dog dead, prompting the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

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.

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 daughter reportedly called 911 at 7:15 a ...