TRAP AND CAPTIVE BOLT TESTIMONIES

Dr. Peggy Larson - Animal Law and Veterinary Medicine "This is a very inhumane way to rid yourselves of excess deer because of the extreme fright experienced by the deer and because the captured bolt does not effect a clean kill when the animal's head is not immobilized. The misplaced bolt does not always kill but merely wounds the deer making repeated attempts necessary to kill the struggling animals."

Association of Veterinarians for Animals Rights (AVAR) "AVAR is opposed to this cruel method of capturing deer because it subjects them to extreme stress and suffering before they are killed. Deer struggle and kick, often fracturing a limb or sustaining other injuies. If the deer moves his or her head at the time the bolt is fired, the deer will be painfully wounded and the struggle continues until additional shots are fired."

Jack Schrier, former Fish & Game Council member. Mendham Township Committeeman, Morris County Freeholder, Member of the NJ Highlands Commission, Chair of Morris County Land Management Commission. (Schrier voted for deer culling in most munincipalities, but he consistantly voted against applications that included net and bolt) Contact info: Janet Piszar, Millburn NJ 07041@ p-(973)467-3236; fax (973) 467-2189  "I thought our friends in Millburn were civilized.Net and bolt is barbaric. It works in slaughterhouses only because the animals are limited to a single-file lane, restrained and unable to wriggle or struggle. In the field it is impossible--impossible--to have the poor creatures hold still long enough for the bolt to be accurately used. There are too many cases of misses and try-try again. Humane it is not. Certain it is not. Swift it is not. Horrible it certainly is.

Dr. John W. Grandy, Ph.D., Wildlife Biologist, Senior Vice President of Wildlife and Habitat Protection Wildlife Land Trust, Washington, D.C. "Captive bolt guns were designed for use on restrained, domestic animals, typically in slaughterhouses. The "humaneness" of this device has been called into question under these circumstances. There is ample documentation about the cruel, slow deaths suffered by domestic animals even in slaugherhouses. These guns were not designed for use on wild animals under any circumstances"

Robert Kubiak, hunter and former slaughter house worker.

http://deeralliance.org/expose.html

The following is from a memo written by a Princeton hunter, Bob Kubiak, which details the reality behind captive bolt.. This was also presented as part of a letter to Princeton Township officials in 2001.

"At a Princeton township meeting I personally brought to the table my objections based solely on.my long-held conviction that "bolting" in actual practice is grossly inhumane. As a long time butcher and slaughterer of farm animals (over twenty years total experience) I can assure all who will hear that this method in practice is not only inhumane, but barbaric. I have personally (but unintentionally) wounded far more animals with a bolt gun then with my arrow. In the absolute pristine condition where an animal's head is held firmly in place by mechanical means, where no movement is possible, bolting would be my first choice of killing. However, in the "real" world, this type of restraint is not possible in a netting situation. I can't even imagine the horrific result."