Post by Woody Williams on Nov 25, 2005 8:52:12 GMT -5
Protesters Seek To Stop State’s Bear Hunt
- Asbury Park Press
New Jersey officials` decision to hold a December black bear hunt is sparking protests from environmental and "animal rights" extremists
LAST HUNT IN 2003
Protesters seek to stop state's upcoming bear hunt
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 11/21/05
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WEST MILFORD — New Jersey officials' decision to hold a black bear hunt next month is sparking protests from environmental and animal rights activists opposed to the practice.
More than 100 demonstrators, some wearing bear costumes (WW - One would hope that they keep them on doing the hunter harrasment in the woods
)and carrying stuffed bears, gathered along Route 23 on Saturday, asking motorists to honk in support.
The protesters want acting Gov. Codey to cancel the hunt, approved Tuesday by state Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell.
This year's hunt is scheduled for Dec. 5-10 in a roughly 1,600-square-mile territory in northern New Jersey. The hunt is the second in three years. A 2003 hunt killed 328 of the animals. Before that, the state's last bear hunt was in 1970.
Hunting is part of an overall state plan — including more bear-proof trash cans and possibly contraceptive injections for the bruins — meant to control a bear population that has increasingly come in contact with suburban residents.
Supporters of the hunt say it's the only effective way to manage the animals, which sometimes kill pets or break into homes as they forage for food.
Environmental and animal rights groups say the problem isn't the bears, but rather people who don't follow guidelines to keep them away.
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- Asbury Park Press
New Jersey officials` decision to hold a December black bear hunt is sparking protests from environmental and "animal rights" extremists
LAST HUNT IN 2003
Protesters seek to stop state's upcoming bear hunt
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 11/21/05
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WEST MILFORD — New Jersey officials' decision to hold a black bear hunt next month is sparking protests from environmental and animal rights activists opposed to the practice.
More than 100 demonstrators, some wearing bear costumes (WW - One would hope that they keep them on doing the hunter harrasment in the woods
)and carrying stuffed bears, gathered along Route 23 on Saturday, asking motorists to honk in support.The protesters want acting Gov. Codey to cancel the hunt, approved Tuesday by state Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell.
This year's hunt is scheduled for Dec. 5-10 in a roughly 1,600-square-mile territory in northern New Jersey. The hunt is the second in three years. A 2003 hunt killed 328 of the animals. Before that, the state's last bear hunt was in 1970.
Hunting is part of an overall state plan — including more bear-proof trash cans and possibly contraceptive injections for the bruins — meant to control a bear population that has increasingly come in contact with suburban residents.
Supporters of the hunt say it's the only effective way to manage the animals, which sometimes kill pets or break into homes as they forage for food.
Environmental and animal rights groups say the problem isn't the bears, but rather people who don't follow guidelines to keep them away.
www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051121/NEWS03/511210316/1007
