PRESS STATEMENT
For Immediate Release – December 19, 2018
Contact: Sean Cooley, Communications Director, (850) 999-1030, scooley@audubon.org   
Twitter: @AudubonFL

In response to today’s announcement by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Florida Attorney General on the bust of an abusive bear hunting ring, Audubon Florida Executive Director Julie Wraithmell released the following statement:

“Audubon is grateful to see FWC pursuing abuses of Florida’s wildlife to the fullest extent. Black bears are an important part of Florida’s ecosystems and heritage, and we’re glad to see the agency protecting them from criminal abuses like this.”
 
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