NJ Black Bears Threatened With Hunt - Outdoors

NJ Black Bears Threatened With Hunt

Public Comment Period Deadline Approaches on June 18th, 2010

The NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife has once again set their sights on NJ black bears. They have included a hunt, scheduled for December 2010, as part of their new Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy ("CBBMP").

The Division is accepting public comments on the CBBMP through June 18 and we need to flood their offices with comments AGAINST THE HUNT. A hunt will do nothing to reduce or eliminate human/bear encounters. This is a trophy hunt, pure and simple. Only nonlethal programs can effectively address problems that arise when humans and bears live in close proximity to each together. We have successfully stopped hunts in the past and need to pull together to do it once again.

Please don't close this email without acting. Remember the heinous slaughter of mothers and cubs in their dens which happened in the 2005 hunt and let that fuel you to take a moment and send in your comments NOW!

(1) FOR NJ RESIDENTS: For a quick and easy way to submit comments, visit: /24awyvo. Scroll down to TAKE ACTION, fill in your contact information, hit SEND YOUR MESSAGE and you're finished. (Our thanks to HSUS for providing this tool!)

(2) FOR OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENTS: Another quick and easy way to submit comments is to visit: /bearpolicy10_comment.htm. Fill in all your contact information and under COMMENTS, you can write as much as you like, or you can simply copy and paste the following:

I am writing to register my opposition to a NJ black bear hunt as part of the CBBMP. Bear hunts are 100% trophy hunts and have nothing whatsoever to do with reducing human/bear interactions as alleged in the CBBMP.

Nonlethal means of reducing human/bear encounters, the only EFFECTIVE means, has not been adequately pursued by the Division.

I support the following Integrated Nonlethal Management Plan: 1) Widespread educational seminars and the dissemination of literature; 2) Aggressive enforcement of the Black Bear Feeding Ban Law; 3) Proper storage of garbage and food and appropriate use of bird feeders; 4) Aversive conditioning of black bears; 5) Creation of Bear Smart Communities

(3) GET OTHERS TO ACT ALSO: Forward this page to your friends, family, co-workers, etc. asking them to act for the bears.

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