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A Miami-Dade detective told an FWC officer they could invoke emergency circumstances to get a blood draw on George Pino the night of his boat crash.
The story of a missing 7-year-old boy who went missing while paddleboarding in Florida has a happy ending as authorities found the child.
An FWC officer said his body camera footage in Pino boat crash was mislabeled because it was ‘just another boating accident’ despite a girl killed.
FWC Maj. Evan Laskowski said Cynthia Diekema was killed after the canoe she was riding in with her husband passed over an alligator hidden beneath them in roughly 2.5 feet of water.
FWC said the alligator attack occurred on Lake Kissimmee near Tiger Creek. A similar, though non-lethal attack happened in the same creek in March.
FWC provides the dos and don'ts a person should know if they encounter a bear According to the FWC, since 2006, there have been 48 "documented incidents of physical contact between a person and a ...
The FWC says the couple's canoe struck the alligator in 2.5 feet of water, causing the animal to thrash and tip the boat. "She ended up on top of the alligator." ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is moving forward with proposed amendments to black bear hunting rules.
Florida wildlife officials provide update on deadly bear attack near Naples Three black bears killed by Florida Fish and Wildlife officers Monday night may have been responsible for an attack that ...
A bear is still on the loose somewhere in or near St. Augustine, but neither the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission nor the St. Augustine Police Department knows exactly where it is.
88-year-old man and dog killed in bear attacks in Florida: Officials The attacks occurred "some time apart" on Monday, and the man and the dog were found within a couple of hundred yards of the ...