COURT REJECTS DEER-DOG HUNTING CASE

The Florida Supreme Court has declined to take up a lawsuit aimed at eliminating using dogs to hunt on property around the Blackwater Wildlife Management Area. The lawsuit, filed against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, contended that “deer dog” hunting infringed on the residents’ property rights and created a nuisance. Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers issued an injunction requiring the commission to abate the problem. But the 1st District Court of Appeal sent the case back for entry of summary judgment in favor of the commission. Now the Supreme Court has unanimously declined to review that decision.

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