"New Jersey’s bear hunt begins today, and the Department of Environmental Protection believes that the season could not have come soon enough. However, not everyone agrees with the DEP’s assessment of the situation.

"Members of various groups — most notably the Animal Protection League of New Jersey and Bear Education and Resource (BEAR), who tried but failed to have the hunt overturned in court — are raising opposition to the hunt. The two primary complaints of bear hunt opponents are that the DEP’s estimates of current bear populations are skewed in support of the hunt and the threats of these bears to the human population are greatly exaggerated. Their arguments hold a lot of water."

http://www.dailytargum.com/opinion/editorials/dep-fails-to-justify-nj-state-bear-hunt/article_5f86332a-1f06-11e1-9f03-001a4bcf6878.html