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                        Unnecessary Black Bear 
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                        <P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Florida's black 
                        bears were once on the brink of extinction. Through 
                        decades of effort, their numbers have slowly grown, but 
                        now, state officials have voted to allow a 
                        brutal hunting season for the first time in a 
                        decade. <B>This December, 187 bears could be killed 
                        in just 23 days. </B>Hunters will be allowed to use 
                        bait traps, bows and arrows, and, starting in 2027, 
                        packs of dogs to chase down and kill bears. These aren't 
                        conservation measures,</P>
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                        href="https://www.care2.com/go/z/e/A0XKx/zza4/DCXRB" 
                        rel=noopener target=_blank>Sign the petition to demand 
                        the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 
                        reverse this decision and stop this bear 
                        hunt!</A></B></P>
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                        <P style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Wildlife experts 
                        warn that this hunt will do more harm than good. The 
                        state is using population estimates instead of a 
                        complete census, and some bear populations are still 
                        struggling to recover. Florida's bears are facing 
                        enough threats from habitat loss, vehicle strikes, and 
                        human expansion. Killing them for sport will undo 
                        decades of conservation progress. We should be learning 
                        to coexist with these animals — not destroying them. 
                        <B><A style="COLOR: #0e6da8; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" 
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                        rel=noopener target=_blank>Sign the petition to demand 
                        Florida officials cancel this cruel hunt and protect 
                        black bears for future 
                        generations.</A></B></P></DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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height=1> </DIV> From: <B dir=auto class=gmail_sendername>Jess M., Care2 Action 
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