updated Feb 8, 2009
updated Feb 8, 2009
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.