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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

A man and a dog were killed in a bear attack in rural Jerome, Florida on May 5, 2025. A family member reportedly called 911 at 7:15 a.m. after witnessing a bear kill the victim's dog. There was no ...

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

FWC officials said Monday the attack occurred near Jerome in Collier County east of Naples south of the Big Cypress Wildlife ...

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

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.