Kodiak bears found in Okaloosa belonged to a 'self-proclaimed bear trainer' FWC discovered that the two cubs belonged to an Okaloosa resident who claimed to be a bear trainer.

A still image from a video of Kodiak bear cubs found on a Florida road in December 2023 after escaping from an animal handler. (From Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office) A video of a pair of Kodiak ...

A pair of Kodiak brown bear cubs unique to Alaska were found roaming the Florida Panhandle and the encounter got even stranger when they tried to play with the responding sheriff’s deputy. The ...

Two Kodiak bear cubs native to southern Alaska were found wandering on a rural Florida roadway, and the incident was captured on an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s body camera.

A pair of bear cubs, members of the Kodiak subspecies of grizzly bear, were spotted on a Florida roadside more than 3,600 miles from their Alaska habitat.

According to the sheriff's office, the Kodiak Cubs are about 3,600 miles from home – Alaska. Deputies said the resident housing these cubs faces various Florida wildlife violations.

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Kodiak Archipelago is home to around 3,500 of those unique bears, which are a subspecies of the brown bear. Since they call the Kodiak ...

Jimbo is a 1,400 pound Kodiak bear, but from the way Jim Kowalczik plays with him, you would think he was as cuddly as a teddy bear.