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2010
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Committee To Abolish Sport Hunting
PO BOX 13815, LAS CRUCES, NM 88013-3815
(575) 640-7372
[email protected]
www.AbolishSportHunting.com
04/27/10
~~ ACTION ALERT ~~
Comments needed on the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy
CONTACT: Bear Education and Resource Group
www.SaveNJBears.com
Janet Piszar:
[email protected] or 973-315-3219
The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife has drafted its
“Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy” which will rely heavily on
hunting as a way to address black bear activity in parts of New Jersey. A
hunt has been set to commence in December, 2010.
The agency is seeking public input on their plan and it is vitally
important that wildlife and public safety advocates make it known that they
do not want a trophy hunt for bears to take place in New Jersey.
Comments on the
state's Comprehensive Black Bear Management must be submitted to Fish and
Wildlife BEFORE THE JUNE 18, 2010 DEADLINE.
The state's bears have never posed a threat to the public and have rarely
caused problems beyond those that could be handled by ordinary property
owners. Damage to private property due to bear activity is less than
that done by raccoons, and most bear contact with the public can be
attenuated if people modify the way they handle and store their trash.
Nothing has changed in this regard and a bear hunt is no more necessary now
than it has ever been. This is a trophy hunt designed to satisfy the wishes
of the fewer than one-quarter of one-percent of the state's population who
want to hunt the animals – a tiny special interest group whose opinions do
not mirror those of the public at large.
Bears are not a threat to the people of New Jersey and hunting them will be
little more than an opportunity for hunters to hang bear heads on their
walls or to put bear rugs in front of their fireplaces.
Please submit your comments to Larry Herrighty of NJ Fish
and Wildlife BEFORE THE JUNE 18, 2010 DEADLINE.
Larry Herrighty
CBBMP
Division of Fish and Wildlife
Department of Environmental Protection
P.O. Box 400
Trenton, NJ 08625-0400
Or submit your comments online to: http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/bearpolicy10_comment.htm
Your letters will show Fish and Wildlife that there is strong public
opinion AGAINST bear hunting.
Also please attend the Official Public Hearing and speak out against bear
hunting. Send a strong message to the State that we demand the PERMANENT
PROTECTION OF NJ BLACK BEARS. You will have only two or
three minutes to speak, but it is important to be there as the media will be
covering this milestone event. Buses will be scheduled – contact the
BEAR group for more details.
Public Hearing:
Tues., May 11, 6:00 PM
NJ State Museum
205 W. State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625
CONTACT: Bear Education and Resource Group
www.SaveNJBears.com
Janet Piszar:
[email protected] or 973-315-3219 |
SAMPLE LETTER:
Dear Mr. Herrighty:
As someone who is concerned about the responsible treatment if wildlife, I
urge you to remove all mention of hunting or other forms of lethal control
on New Jersey’s black bears from Fish and Wildlife’s Comprehensive Black
Bear Management Policy, as bears are not a public safety threat that needs
to be addressed in a violent and irreversible way.
Bears are an integral part of the state’s natural areas and I am one of
millions of citizens who do not want to see them killed by trophy hunters.
I’m urging you, the Fish and Game Council, and the Division of Fish and
Wildlife to edit the Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy to
exclude hunting or any increased killing of bears, as any violence toward
these animals is unnecessary and unethical.
Sincerely,
The Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting is a wildlife advocacy
organization dedicated to abolishing the practice of sport hunting through
public education and community involvement. We seek to protect wildlife, the
environment, and the general public from the recklessness of state and
federal fish and wildlife agencies.
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