Subject:
[Njara Alert] 5 DAYS LEFT FOR NJ BEARS
From:
New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance
Date:
Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:38:06 -0500
To:
NJARA Action Alerts!
1) Call the governor's office right now at 609-292-6000 or 609-777-2459. As soon as you make your call, send us an email at njara@nj-ara.org and let us know. Make sure you tell Codey that the hunt needs to be stopped NOW!
2) Sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/bearsnj/petition.html.
3) Attend the rally on Monday, December 6. Visit http://www.nj-ara.org/rallies.html for details.
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STOP THE BEAR HUNT
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Re: STOP THE BEAR HUNT
Jennifer,
We need more calls-folks-come on! Rasie your voices for the voiceless...let's save some bears!!!
We need more calls-folks-come on! Rasie your voices for the voiceless...let's save some bears!!!
Re: STOP THE BEAR HUNT
Jennifer,
There is great news for about 300 bears in New Jersey. They won't hear about
it, but they will still be enjoying life in a few weeks. The bear hunt,
scheduled to begin Monday, has been called off. It is good news for us too;
we won't have to see the horrifying pictures. Remember last year's wounded
cub who made it to the side of the highway and died there as motorists stood
around and wept?
The story is in many papers including the New York Times, The Los Angeles
Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and of course the New Jersey
papers. The New York Time article, headed "No Bear Hunt in New Jersey,
State's Highest Court Decides" (Pg B6) opens:
"Two weeks after a lower court ordered the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection to begin issuing permits for a bear hunt set to
begin on Monday, the New Jersey Supreme Court struck down the decision
yesterday, effectively canceling what would have been the state's second
black bear hunt in two years.
"Earlier this year, the state's Fish and Game Council, whose members are
appointed by the governor, voted to hold a six-day hunt beginning Dec. 6.
But Bradley M. Campbell, the department commissioner, ordered his agency's
Division of Fish and Wildlife not to grant bear hunting permits and closed
all department land to bear hunting.
"In its unanimous order yesterday, the Supreme Court said that in light of
the dispute between Mr. Campbell and the council, no hunt could take place
until the state adopts a comprehensive bear management policy.
"Two weeks ago, the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court ruled
that Mr. Campbell overstepped his authority when he refused to issue
permits, and it ordered the department to begin processing hunting licenses.
More than 3,700 permits had been issued by yesterday.
The Newark Star Ledger article is headed, "Justices block bear hunt over
lack of policy." It goes into a discussion on whether the ruling will affect
other hunting in the state. You can read it on line at:
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf ... 171650.xml
and send a letter to: eletters@starledger.com. The paper advises, "Letters
must not exceed 200 words."
The December 3 Los Angeles Times (Bear Hunt Halted Days Before Season
Opener, Pg A17), Chicago Tribune ("State high court cancels bear season," P
25) and the Miami Herald ("You can't hunt bears in New Jersey this year," pg
A3) carry almost identical brief articles. The Times writes:
"The state's highest court called off New Jersey's bear hunt, four days
before the season was scheduled to start.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Trenton that the state
needs to establish a proper management program for bears before it can allow
the animals to be hunted.
More than 300 black bears were killed in last year's hunt."
Angelenos can send comments to the Times at letters@latimes.com
The Chicago Tribune takes letters at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/ ... customform
Floridians can respond at:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/co ... dback_np1/
And the Bergen Record article is headed, "High court shoots down bear hunt."
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
There is great news for about 300 bears in New Jersey. They won't hear about
it, but they will still be enjoying life in a few weeks. The bear hunt,
scheduled to begin Monday, has been called off. It is good news for us too;
we won't have to see the horrifying pictures. Remember last year's wounded
cub who made it to the side of the highway and died there as motorists stood
around and wept?
The story is in many papers including the New York Times, The Los Angeles
Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and of course the New Jersey
papers. The New York Time article, headed "No Bear Hunt in New Jersey,
State's Highest Court Decides" (Pg B6) opens:
"Two weeks after a lower court ordered the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection to begin issuing permits for a bear hunt set to
begin on Monday, the New Jersey Supreme Court struck down the decision
yesterday, effectively canceling what would have been the state's second
black bear hunt in two years.
"Earlier this year, the state's Fish and Game Council, whose members are
appointed by the governor, voted to hold a six-day hunt beginning Dec. 6.
But Bradley M. Campbell, the department commissioner, ordered his agency's
Division of Fish and Wildlife not to grant bear hunting permits and closed
all department land to bear hunting.
"In its unanimous order yesterday, the Supreme Court said that in light of
the dispute between Mr. Campbell and the council, no hunt could take place
until the state adopts a comprehensive bear management policy.
"Two weeks ago, the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court ruled
that Mr. Campbell overstepped his authority when he refused to issue
permits, and it ordered the department to begin processing hunting licenses.
More than 3,700 permits had been issued by yesterday.
The Newark Star Ledger article is headed, "Justices block bear hunt over
lack of policy." It goes into a discussion on whether the ruling will affect
other hunting in the state. You can read it on line at:
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf ... 171650.xml
and send a letter to: eletters@starledger.com. The paper advises, "Letters
must not exceed 200 words."
The December 3 Los Angeles Times (Bear Hunt Halted Days Before Season
Opener, Pg A17), Chicago Tribune ("State high court cancels bear season," P
25) and the Miami Herald ("You can't hunt bears in New Jersey this year," pg
A3) carry almost identical brief articles. The Times writes:
"The state's highest court called off New Jersey's bear hunt, four days
before the season was scheduled to start.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Trenton that the state
needs to establish a proper management program for bears before it can allow
the animals to be hunted.
More than 300 black bears were killed in last year's hunt."
Angelenos can send comments to the Times at letters@latimes.com
The Chicago Tribune takes letters at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/ ... customform
Floridians can respond at:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/co ... dback_np1/
And the Bergen Record article is headed, "High court shoots down bear hunt."
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
