# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKUumPwtyM-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31089043-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-31T16:00:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

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Connecticut is inching closer to instituting a bear season after the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow wildlife officials to authorize a hunt when public safety is at risk.⁠
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The move comes on the heels of Florida’s approval of its first bear season in nearly a decade and is an indication of a broader trend in state-level responses to growing black bear populations. The Connecticut Senate easily passed Senate Bill 1523 on May 22, with a vote of 34-2. The bill would amend an existing law that allows individuals to request a permit to use deadly force against a bear if it is injuring or killing livestock, crops, or honey bees to make it easier for landowners to kill nuisance bears.⁠
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#bear #bears #bearhunting #bearhunt #blackbear #blackbears #florida #connecticut #conservation #outdoors #wildlife #outdoorlife⁠
📷: Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection⁠
Story by: alicejoneswebb

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blackbear, conservation, outdoors, connecticut, bearhunt, blackbears, bears, wildlife, bear, outdoorlife, florida, bearhunting

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