[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

[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!

[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.