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 ...

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

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025,  just ...

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

Residents in Collier County are anxiously awaiting DNA test results to determine if one of the three bears killed this week ...

attracting a bear for illegal purposes can result in penalties. An 89-year-old man and his dog were found dead May 5 in Collier County near Naples, after what Florida officials say is the first fatal ...

A Florida man was found dead in the woods near Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County on Monday, May 5, apparently mauled by a bear. Wildlife officials were called to the scene ...

Tyson Matthews, public information officer for the FWC, said that if the ongoing investigation confirms that the victim’s cause of death was mauling by the suspected bear, it will be the first ever ...

The last documented black bear attack in Collier County happened Jan. 9, 2018, when a black bear attacked a man in his North Naples yard. The man was letting his dog outside when it growled ...

A man and a dog were killed by a black bear in Collier County, Florida on May 5, 2025. This is the second black bear attack in Florida this year, both involving dogs. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

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