The other day I wrote about the six day bear hunt in New Jersey which ended Saturday evening.
According to AP via ESPN there were 328 bears killed - about 10% of the bear population . There were 209 females and 119 males killed according to state Division of Fish and Wildlife Director Martin McHugh who said that 16 of them had previously been tagged as "nuisance" bears.
The governor, James E. McGreevey, had apparently backed a five year moratorium on bear hunts during his campaign. But, he changed his position on the issue when complaints about the bears mounted and other means of controlling the bear population had failed. So, it will be interesting to see how this plays out politically as there was a definite disagreement on the issue between the people threatened by the bears and those opposed to the hunts. (Link.)
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