Authorities were searching Monday for a black bear that killed a man and a dog in South Florida. The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement.

The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, authorities said.

The authorities received a report on Monday about a bear encounter in an unincorporated part of Collier County just north of Everglades City, Fla.