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Frank, you are correct. They slaughtered what bears we had, under false pretense.

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> On Jan 21, 2021, at 1:31 PM, Frank B. Arenas <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> "Dr. Clark’s study was done in 2015, the final results came out in 2016."
>
> Yes, FWC's "Ph.D Bear Expert" Clark approved the bear hunt BEFORE getting the count data.
>
> Perhaps someone could point out it is impossible to use a bear count to be a factual basis to allow a hunt and kill 300+ bears if the study was NOT yet available - no scientific data.
>
> His count study title was very misleading - "a two-year study" which was in fact two - one-year counts in different locations.
>
> If you don't have at least a two-year (preferably three-year) study, you get no data if the bear population is going down, up or the same - useless to use as evidence to approve a hunt.
>
> FWC knows this, but continues to push this falsehood that "we have too many bears in Florida."
>
> Frank B. Arenas
> P.O. Box 600
> Coleman, FL 33521-0600
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> (352) 748-6629
>
>> On 1/21/2021 12:41 PM, Karl Ambrose wrote:
>> Dr. Clark’s study was done in 2015, the final results came out in 2016.

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