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Jerseyans against black-bear hunt |
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Written by Albert G. Nigrin
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Friday, 14 September 2007 |
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Home News Tribune Online 09/12/07 http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070912/OPINION02/709120403/1080
There you go again. Once again a Home News Tribune editorial ("Bears, politics a poor mix," Sept. 7) stupidly takes the side of the state Fish and Game Council and N.J. hunters vis a vis our state's black bears. OAS_AD('Right3'Seventy percent of New Jersey residents are for nonlethal means to control animal overpopulation. The Fish and Game Council, which is stocked with hunters in it's current form, is not the best mechanism to decide the bears' fate. It is like giving the cookie jar key to the kids. Thankfully, a bill by Assemblyman Michael Panter, D-Monmouth, that would update the makeup of the Fish and Game Council so it would better represent all of New Jersey's interests (not just those of the trophy-seeking hunter) has passed out of committee and will hopefully be voted into law in the near future. When the legislation is passed it will move our state out of the 19th century into the 21st century by having a more varied council, which does not include hunters exclusively but also brings in animal-welfare individuals and other concerned citizens. 00008Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson and Gov. Jon S. Corzine are doing the right thing. I applaud them wholeheartedly. Albert G. Nigrin NEW BRUNSWICK |
