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  • Four Activists Arrested (Iranian-American Animal Rights Activist Threatens Hunters)

    12/08/2005 6:36:31 AM PST · by Irontank · 31 replies · 954+ views
    New Jersey Herald ^ | Decenber 8, 2005
    Four animal rights activists were arrested Wednesday morning on hunter harassment charges, including one man who allegedly told a state park ranger and a pair of hunters that he would "get my Arab friends and hunt you down." The arrests took place on a hiking trail in Wawayanda State Park in Vernon, an area where activists have been especially active during this week's black bear hunt. Since Monday, an unknown number of them have canvassed the woods, pledging to find and rescue any bears that have been wounded, but not killed, by hunters' gunfire. Those arrested were Angela Metler and...
  • DEP official: Bruin wasn't trying to eat Vernon hiker

    08/13/2003 6:26:52 AM PDT · by ZULU · 23 replies · 536+ views
    Daily Record ^ | August 13, 2003 | Rob Jennings
    DEP official: Bruin wasn't trying to eat Vernon hiker By Rob Jennings, Daily Record A 400-pound black bear that pounced on a Vernon hiker was not trying to eat her, New Jersey's top environmental official said Tuesday in refuting a description by his spokesman about Sunday's apparent attack in Wawayanda State Park. Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell added that he "had no reason to doubt the victim's account" of being chased and pulled down by the bruin on the Wingdam Trail. The trail remained closed Tuesday evening, with the bear on the loose and unlikely to be...