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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Io Dodds

Bear that mauled 88-year-old man and his dog to death in Florida is still on the loose, say officials

A Florida black bear, reportedly showing signs of severe stress, photographed in July 2024 in Walton County at the extreme other end of the state - (Walton County Sheriff's Office)

A bear thought to have killed an 88-year-old man and his dog is still on the loose hours after the tragedy on the edge of the Florida Everglades on Monday morning, say authorities.

More than two dozen investigative officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Collier County Sheriff’s Office attended the scene off State Road 29, in the remote wooded unincorporated community of Jerome, about an hour's drive southeast of Fort Myers.

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