In promising news for animal rights, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced this year’s black bear hunt in New Jersey will be the last.
The state Fish and Game Council proposed a change to the game code, which will ban hunting, trapping, and baiting black bears for ‘sport.’ The state will also develop a plan for humane, non-lethal bear management, based on scientific data to ensure public safety and animal welfare, reported NorthJersey.com.
Thank you to the more than 32,000 Lady Freethinker supporters who signed the petition to stop trophy hunters in New Jersey from baiting and shooting baby black bears, and the thousands of activists and policymakers calling to end the hunt.
Unfortunately, this ban will not go into effect until after the 2020 black bear hunting season. But there is still time for Gov. Murphy to suspend this year’s hunt.
New Jersey has long allowed for the cruel hunting of black bears. It is one of only two states to allow the killing of cubs, and permits unusual hunting methods, like baiting bears with sugary food, according to the Humane Society of the United States. Hunters also use rotted food to lure the animals away from protected state lands to areas where they can be legally killed.
Most New Jersey residents don’t support the bear hunt, according to a poll by HSUS.
Lady Freethinker commends the governor for taking steps to end future black bear hunts in the state but this year’s hunting season must be suspended before innocent baby black bears are shot and killed. If you haven’t already, sign the petition to urge Gov. Murphy to immediately halt the 2020 black bear hunting season.
SIGN: Stop Trophy Hunters in NJ from ‘Baiting’ and Shooting Baby Black Bears
Thank you NJ Governor for ending & banning the Black bear Hunt in the future. People are so violent and they only love to see how another life is ending with violence & in blood bath. Such actions must be regarded as Criminal. The more Blood baths allowed to carry in any society, the more Violent humans you create. It is time to spare the lives of innocent animals and bring the peace & kindness to the world.
We are in a different contemporary era and we are not hunters and gatherers anymore therefore, we should stop this nonsense of killing wildlife and harm our ecosystem anymore. We need to think that these animals have to coexist with us to share the only home we have. Our planet.
Stop the senseless slaughter of these defenseless Bears! Have you no dignity or humanity??
STOP ALL HUNTING NOW
Please stop black bear trophy hunting immediately.
I do not support any type of trophy hunting. PERIOD. If you want to hunt, please go ahead and hunt and kill the human terrorists. They deserve to die. These poor animals don’t.
I do not support any type of trophy hunting. PERIOD. If you want to hunt, please go ahead and hunt and kill the human terrorists. They deserve to die. These poor animals don’t.
He should have cancelled this year hunt! What horrors exist in people! A bear hunt, unbelievably horrors! What amount the sows with cubs………have they know compassion or empathy? How can this EVER be called fun??????
He should have cancelled this year hunt! What horrors exist in people! A bear hunt, unbelievably horrors! What amount the sows with cubs………have they know compassion or empathy? How can this EVER be called fun??????
He should have cancelled this yea hunt! What horrors exist in people! A bear hunt, unbelievably horrors! What amount the sows with cubs………have they know compassion or empathy? How can this EVER be called fun??????
He should not have done it this year! What horrors exist in people! A bear hunt, unbelievably horrors! What amount the sows with cubs………have they know compassion or empathy?
Stop animal cruelty.
Stop killing animal
I t is not right to ensure mame or even sick and dead. This should never happen those that kill. An animal should never do anything to hurt mame or make sick pay for the crime.
THANK YOU for your standing up for your black bears!!!!
THANK YOU for your standing up for your black bears!!!!
no excuse to be trophy hunting in this day and age!!!
Ban trophy hunting. Respect bears.
animals heve rights please respect them
What is “Black vegan women?” Do we continue on this path of divisiveness, witch-hunting for “racists” and separatism? How can this be helpful?
Ban cruel trophy hunting.We must learn to live peacefully together with all living things including ourselves. Man is truly the most dangerous animal and yet we are capable of so much better.
Please spare the lives of those who would be murdered this year!! Please STOP this year’s slaughter of innocent beings. “There is something so dreadful, so satanic, in tormenting animals who have never harmed us.” ~~ Harry Frasier
Governor Murphy thank you now time to ban hunting for wild animals all round the world
Animal Lives Matter
Love from uk
Good. At least someone in power can do the right thing for innocent animals. Thank you.
Thank you Governor Murphy, for leading with compassion!
It’s not too late to spare the suffering of this year’s hunt – please halt the killing of innocent baby bears & the adults immediately.
Thank you for showing the world how it’s done. Please ensure this happens as quickly as possible. Grateful thanks from the UK x
Thank You Governor!!~!
No kill bear hunter and i hate hunter kill bears i want leave bears alone i pray be safe
End this year’s hunting season forthwith. 🐻
A ban? A plan? Hooray… these purposeful people in New Jersey are actually going to DO something. What a wonerful start ….congratulations to them. Surely it’s not too late to stop, or at least curb, this year’s slaughter? Thank you for leading the way.
Un exemple à suivre
THIS GOVERNOR HAS SHOWN TRUE COMPASSION FOR GOD’S HELPLESS CREATURES.. IT’S ABOUT TIME REALLY POLITICAL OFFICIALS HAVE SHOWN COMMON SENSE
Please, don’t wait until next year. Please think of the victims of cruelty this year.
A wonderful thing. But I wish it was immediate.
Thank you for protecting animals from non-hunters.
It’s good news, but too bad the ban isn’t set for immediate time. Hopefully the rest of the states will follow some sense. Thanks for the update.
This is finally some good news, we just need to keep it going.
THANKS PHIL WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF IT STARTED THIS YEAR
GREAT NEWS — FANTASTIC NEWS — THANK YOU, Gov. Murphy
Well done New Jersey, and Govenor Phil Murphy.
Pleased to know Governor Murphu is going to stop this hunt.