BEAR Group Call to Action:

Governor Christie has promised hunters

a bear hunt, and he needs to hear from YOU

Please call and voice your opposition

to any black bear management plan that

includes a hunt.

Phone: 609-292-6000

Fax: 609-292-3454

Key points to make when you call:

The Division of Fish & Wildlife (DFW) is a

pro-hunting agency that has long been

scheming for a bear hunt:

• The DFW is aware that Nonlethal Bear

Management (i.e. proper garbage storage) is

the only proven way to reduce bear nuisance

complaints...but will not enforce garbage control.

    - Ex: In 2007–2009 the DFW was

required to conduct enforcement sweeps

throughout bear country—yet they issued

only TWO violations a year.

• The DFW breaks the law by ignoring the

state’s Black Bear Feeding Ban—that requires

proper containment of garbage in bear country.

• The DFW is purposely sabotaging Nonlethal

Bear Management. Their negligence causes bear

incidents to occur... they then use the inflated

statistics to justify a bear hunt.

Thank you and remember...

their lives are depending on your voice.