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Angela Dempsey

Angela Dempsey

Circuit Judge, Second Judicial Circuit (Leon County, FL)

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Dempsey noted that the 2015 hunt had already been found constitutional under a rational‑basis test and called the 2025 framework “significantly more conservative” in both quotas and timing.([cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-bear-hunt-2025-lawsuit-rejected/?utm_source=openai))

Stories

Florida’s black bear hunt returns: science, politics and a once–threatened species

Rule Changes

Denied injunction seeking to halt 2025 hunt; underlying case continues

Florida launched a state-sanctioned black bear hunt on December 6, 2025, the first since 2015. The state allowed 172 lottery-selected permit holders to kill one bear each across four hunting zones. Only 52 bears were harvested by season's end on December 28, per FWC data released December 29.

Updated 6 days ago