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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is expected to deliver remarks Tuesday afternoon about a suspected bear ...

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