TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – After a circuit judge last week refused to block Florida's upcoming bear-hunting season, a Seminole County group has taken the case to a state appeals court, according to online dockets.
The group Speak Up Wekiva filed a notice of appeal Thursday at the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee.
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The move came a week after Leon County Circuit Judge George Reynolds denied a request for a temporary injunction to block the bear hunt, which is scheduled to start Oct. 24.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this summer approved the state's first bear-hunting season in more than two decades, angering animal-rights groups.
With a goal of reducing the bear population by 320, the hunt will last two to seven days in four regions of the state.
Speak Up Wekiva has argued, at least in part, that the bear hunt is not based on sound science and that the approval goes against the constitutional duties of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.