Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a bear biting the hand of a West Virginia houndsman. Philip Propst couldn’t see his dogs or the bear they’d ...

Boomer, an 8-year-old treeing walker coonhound, is one of Tennessee hunter James Tyree’s 13 hounds. And in late August, while tracking black bears in northwestern Ontario, Boomer fell off a cliff and ...

A California ban on the use of hounds in bear hunting had a dramatic impact this past year -- the number of bears killed fell sharply. This follows a heated battle in the state legislature between ...

In the last three years, according to data from the Nevada Division of Wildlife, 95% (42 of 44) of bears killed by hunters in ...

After a black bear slashed a Connecticut man’s chest as he was walking his dog in North Canaan last week, the debate over bear hunting in the state once again heats up. Officials with the state’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is it snack time? (David McNew / Getty Images) California’s black bears are clever, resourceful and opportunistic. They eat ...

In a peculiar twist of fate last week in northern Wisconsin, six dogs that were chasing after bears for hunters were attacked and killed by wolves. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ...

The frantic barking of the hounds was getting closer. I could feel the sensation of the hunter’s adrenaline kicking in. The ancient, visceral, hunters to hounds pull that there is no denying. Call it ...

Condon, author of "The Nature-Friendly Garden," lives in Crozet. In the wake of Michael Vick's conviction for animal cruelty because of his participation in dogfighting, it is time to re-evaluate the ...

KING WILLIAM — The Regional Animal Shelter in King William County is urging hunters not to abandon their dogs at the end of the deer hunting season after getting an influx of hounds. The shelter, ...