Where Friends of Bears Foresee Slaughter, Homeowners See Defense Against Invasion[hunt starts today]

NY Times ^ | December 8, 2003 | ROBERT HANLEY

[Pharmboy]

There is no other choice.

[Jaysun]

I saw an article recently that was along these same lines. People were complaining about mountain lions getting too close. First, a girl was mauled and barely escaped with her life. Second, a family woke up so noise one night only to find their dogs had been partially eaten by mountain lions. Lastly, a kid was jogging around his school when he was attacked and killed by a mountain lion - which literally ate his face off and disemboweled him. All of these things and more happened within a short period of time. The environmentalist were doing their same song and dance, "that attack was just a fluke, it's rare, they're timid" and so on.

They should allow the huntings without a hitch. Kill as many as can be seen in the first 60 days.

[palmer]

"If they do encounter a bear," he said, "they can throw them their lunch."

Bad idea.

[TLI]

"they can throw them their lunch."

Brilliant. Now the bears will learn to approach school children. One will be killed and the"animal rights" wackjobs will be sucking roasted tofu coffee saying "Who? Us?"

lets just dart about 50 of them, unload a few dump trucks of garbage in their back yards, release the bears there and turn on the cameras. It would make great pay-per-view.

TLI

[Pharmboy]

I never thought of that (training the bears to approach school kids). EXCELLENT point...

[Libertarianize the GOP]

ping

[Dick Vomer]

When do we get to whack some bears?

[FreedomPoster]

There's a reason these animals are no longer afraid of Man. We need to return that fear.

Shoot, shovel, and shut-up, for those living in affected areas.

[Malsua]

I live in Vernon Township NJ. We have had 3 "breakins" this year so far. Two resulted in the deaths of the bears in question. In the link below is Mama and two cubs taken in May of this year. Several weeks after these pictures, Mama had broken a kitchen window out and was eating the aforementioned brownies. She was killed by the Sheriff. The house was about 1/4 mile from mine.

I get sick of hearing these animalnazis who say "We're encroaching on the bears". BS. There have been no more than a half dozen houses built in this area for 10+ years. There have been no new roads. There have however been constant and frequent problems with the damn bears. Every year for the past five it's gotten worse. 2002/2003 has had 7 or so bears killed either on breakins or on the highways just within about a 10 mile radius of my house. I lose track anymore as it's so common it's bearly newsworthy(pun intentional, heh).

Mama(now RIP) and the cubs

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Bear ping

[Pharmboy]

I live in Rockaway and in October a 400 lb bear was on my neighbor's lawn 20 minutes after my 11 y/o got off the school bus. Enough!

[finnsheep]

The best thing to do about bears is to support proposed deadly force against bears legislation in NJ or write to your own state legislators asking for similar legislation - - to permit the use of deadly force against bears that are threatening people, in or near homes. NJ SENATE, No. 2745,STATE OF NEW JERSEY , 210th LEGISLATURE,INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 24, 2003,Sponsored by: Senator ROBERT E. LITTELL,District 24 (Sussex, Hunterdon and Morris,Senator ANTHONY R. BUCCO,District 25 (Morris)

SYNOPSIS Permits use of deadly force against black bears in certain cases.

[Elsie]

Eat your face: suck your brains....

And your stand on ABORTION is what?

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.

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[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[Jaysun]

Eat your face: suck your brains....
And your stand on ABORTION is what?

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Eat your face: suck your brains? Where did that come from? Anywho, abortion is murder for hire as far as I'm concerned.

[Jaysun]

There's a reason these animals are no longer afraid of Man. We need to return that fear. Shoot, shovel, and shut-up, for those living in affected areas.

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That's what I say. No need to call GreenPeace or the EPA if there's a wild animal near your house - just pull out the trusty projectile launcher and let the beast know who has dominion!

[ZULU]

The Animal Nazis are wrong. Until relatively recently, black bears were restricted to an area in the extreme northwest of New Jersey by a hunting season, When that was eliminated a few decades ago, their numbers began to grow.

What a lot of Jersey residents DON'T know, is that, with the exception of parts of the Pine Barrens, MOST of Jersey was clear cut and converted to farm use generations ago. As the farms sold out Second Growth forest returned until cleared out again for roads, malls, and developments.

Bears and deer and turkey were present in only very low numbers until the State Fish and Game Department began to encourage their numberes and the departure of farms created openings for them to reappear.

So, new developments are NOT dispossessing bears and deer, they are moving back into more suitable terrain, free from farmers' guns, hunters, and (in the case of deer, until recently) predators.

[Coleus]

BOYS, GIRLS BARRED FROM N.J. BEAR HUNT