Bear attack comes as human encounters increase
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission set bear traps and cameras and killed three bears. Photo courtesy WINK News
Collier now
By Aisling Swift  
16 May 2025
WILDLIFE

Bear attack comes as human encounters increase

When 89-year-old Collier County resident Robert Markel and his dog were mauled and killed May 5, it marked the first time in recorded state history that a Florida black bear killed a human.

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