Critters in the news: Bear hunts and snake hunts and lawsuits

A bear hunting season has been approved over protests, snake hunts continue to be a joke, and, speaking of (not very funny) jokes, the politicians behind the bear hunts are being sued

Despite outcries from conservationists and animal lovers—not just in Florida but worldwide—the state of Florida is about to resume bear hunting.

Why?

Yeah, that’s in dispute.

The last time bear hunting was allowed in the state in 2015, it quickly became a slaughter with more than 300 black bears killed in just two days forcing an early halt to hunting sea…