Joined
·
14,753 Posts
Nov 28, 2005 1:49 pm US/Eastern
(1010 WINS) (TRENTON) Two animal groups filed suit Monday to stop New Jersey's second black bear hunt in 35 years.
The Animal Rights Alliance and the Bear Education and Resource Group claim the state's bear management plan is flawed.
Bruins increasingly have come into contact with people outside their usual stomping grounds in the relatively rural, northern areas of the state.
The hunt is to take place in a roughly 1,600 square-mile territory in north Jersey from Dec. 5 to Dec. 10.
The Sierra Club, while not part of the suit, has been applying political pressure on acting Gov. Codey to halt the hunt. Governor-elect Corzine said during the campaign for governor that he opposes a bear hunt.
(1010 WINS) (TRENTON) Two animal groups filed suit Monday to stop New Jersey's second black bear hunt in 35 years.
The Animal Rights Alliance and the Bear Education and Resource Group claim the state's bear management plan is flawed.
Bruins increasingly have come into contact with people outside their usual stomping grounds in the relatively rural, northern areas of the state.
The hunt is to take place in a roughly 1,600 square-mile territory in north Jersey from Dec. 5 to Dec. 10.
The Sierra Club, while not part of the suit, has been applying political pressure on acting Gov. Codey to halt the hunt. Governor-elect Corzine said during the campaign for governor that he opposes a bear hunt.