| NJ Black Bears Threatened With Hunt | | | | YOUR MESSAGE and you're finished. (Our thanks to |
| Public Comment Period Deadline Approaches on June | | | | HSUS for providing this tool!) |
| 18th, 2010 | | | | (2) FOR OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENTS: Another quick |
| The NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife has once again set | | | | and easy way to submit comments is to visit: Fill in all |
| their sights on NJ black bears. They have included a | | | | your contact information and under COMMENTS, you |
| hunt, scheduled for December 2010, as part of their | | | | can write as much as you like, or you can simply |
| new Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy | | | | copy and paste the following: |
| (“CBBMP”). | | | | I am writing to register my opposition to a NJ black |
| The Division is accepting public comments on the | | | | bear hunt as part of the CBBMP. Bear hunts are |
| CBBMP through June 18 and we need to flood their | | | | 100% trophy hunts and have nothing whatsoever to |
| offices with comments AGAINST THE HUNT. A hunt | | | | do with reducing human/bear interactions as alleged in |
| will do nothing to reduce or eliminate human/bear | | | | the CBBMP. |
| encounters. This is a trophy hunt, pure and simple. | | | | Nonlethal means of reducing human/bear encounters, |
| Only nonlethal programs can effectively address | | | | the only EFFECTIVE means, has not been adequately |
| problems that arise when humans and bears live in | | | | pursued by the Division. |
| close proximity to each together. We have | | | | I support the following Integrated Nonlethal |
| successfully stopped hunts in the past and need to | | | | Management Plan: 1) Widespread educational seminars |
| pull together to do it once again. | | | | and the dissemination of literature; 2) Aggressive |
| Please don't close this email without acting. | | | | enforcement of the Black Bear Feeding Ban Law; 3) |
| Remember the heinous slaughter of mothers and | | | | Proper storage of garbage and food and appropriate |
| cubs in their dens which happened in the 2005 hunt | | | | use of bird feeders; 4) Aversive conditioning of black |
| and let that fuel you to take a moment and send in | | | | bears; 5) Creation of Bear Smart Communities |
| your comments NOW! | | | | (3) GET OTHERS TO ACT ALSO: Forward this page |
| (1) FOR NJ RESIDENTS: For a quick and easy way to | | | | to your friends, family, co-workers, etc. asking them |
| submit comments, visit: Scroll down to TAKE | | | | to act for the bears. |
| ACTION, fill in your contact information, hit SEND | | | | |