Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for just 172 permits. Hunt opponents submitted some permits to try reduce the number of bears killed. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will award permits through a random lottery for the hunt that will take place in December. The permit allows a hunter to kill one bear in parts of the state where the bear population is deemed large enough. There are an estimated 4,000 bears in Florida. During the last hunt in 2015, more than 300 bears were killed in two days.

A trail remains closed in Yellowstone National Park after a bear attacked a hiker. Park officials say the attack happened Tuesday on the Turbid Lake Trail northeast of Yellowstone Lake. The 29-year-old man suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries to his arm and chest. Medics walked out with the hiker, who was then taken to a clinic and then to a hospital where he was treated and released. It was the first bear attack on a person in Yellowstone since 2021. Park officials suspect it was a grizzly bear and not a more common black bear because of the animal's size, location and behavior.

At 500 pounds, the animal is at the upper limit of a black bear's size, according to the agency.

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