TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Pointing to its constitutional power to manage wildlife, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is urging a judge to toss out a lawsuit that seeks to prevent a bear hunt in December.

The conservation group Bear Warriors United filed the lawsuit in September and is seeking a temporary injunction to halt the hunt, which could lead to as many as 172 bears being killed in four areas of the state. But the commission last week filed documents arguing that Leon County Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey should dismiss the lawsuit and deny a temporary injunction.

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The commission’s motion to dismiss the case said Bear Warriors United is asking the court to “encroach upon the commission’s constitutionally derive

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