Editorial: It's almost dying time for dozens of Florida's black bears

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Barring a last-minute miracle, Florida’s black bears will be in the crosshairs of hunters come Saturday — a planned slaughter based on shoddy science and laden with potential for things to go wrong.

Or maybe “go wronger.” This hunt never should have been approved, let alone tagged as an annual event that will proceed until state officials come to their senses. Thousands of Floridians begged the state Legislature and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to stop the hunt from going forward, citing threats to the state’s bear population that are only going to become worse as more and more people crowd into Florida.

Animal Rights Foundation of Florida protest against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s propos