I was shocked to see on the news that New Jersery was having a bear hunt. It happened a few weeks ago. 7,000 permits were issued for one bear each- any age, any gender, any size. The hunt lasted one week and resulted in the death of 589 black bears. The purpose of the hunt was populations control. There are approximately 3,400 black bears in the state. Several groups protested the hunt and the case went to the Supreme Court who ruled against intervening.
Kevin and I talked about it and supposed it is no different than deer hunting in Illinois, which I also oppose. I don't imagine they use the bears for meat though. It is just killing for sport. How sad! It was nice to see so many protestors.
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