New Jersey governor Jon Corzine, along with his puppet regime in the Department of Environmental Protection, continue to lie to the people while burying their heads in the sand so they won’t see the truth about New Jersey’s bears. People are in danger, they are losing property and now farmers are losing tens of thousands of dollars from damage caused by bears destroying their crops and livestock. Needless to say, farmers are angry and are threatening to take matters into their own hands.
According to NJ.Com, one farmer has lost more than $20,000 in crop damage to bears, with little recourse. Those protecting the bears could care less about whether a farmer loses money. It means nothing to them. Their concern is their demented belief that bears or any animal for that matter has rights. When a bear can sit down in my kitchen and discuss things such as the upcoming election, then we should grant that bear rights. In the meantime, “We the People”, or doesn’t that apply in the Socialist Republic of New Jersey?
Many will ask and few will listen to the truth about what recourse the farmers have. If you listen to the DEP, why would the farmers be upset?
Farmers are invited annually to apply for “depredation permits,” which allow them to legally shoot errant bears, with restrictions, said Lawrence Herrighty, deputy director of the DEP’s Division of Fish and Wildlife. But only three farmers annually have asked for permits since the state began handing them out early in the decade, and this is the first year a farmer has used the permit to kill a bear.
“In these tough economic times, we fully understand the pressure on farmers, and we are willing to help,” Herrighty said. “But to shoot and shovel and not tell anybody, that isn’t helping them out.”
For those readers more interested in getting to the truth of the matter, consider this.
The permits have a shelf life of two weeks. Renewing one requires waiting for over-tasked state biologists to make field inspections, and farmers may employ only one pre-approved shooter and kill only one bear at a time.
“We’ve seen eight bears at a time, just in one field, and bears are out there every day,” said Brodhecker. “When I shoot one, I have to just stand there and watch the others keep going into my fields.”
Herrighty said his staff is working to overcome a distrust among farmers, who are convinced that the state cares more about protecting bears than agriculture. He vowed that the DEP will be more flexible on permit restrictions, if and when farmers report and substantiate more of their bear problems. (emphasis added)
And consider the truth in this statement.
“Killing a bear means a big fuss. You have some people, anti-hunters, who get angry over it and harass you,” he said. “People around here would just rather do things quietly, on their own.”
And then consider the outright lie in this statement, which is part of the problem in New Jersey.
“These farmers could save themselves a lot of trouble by investing in their farms, by taking the money they normally would lose and put up electrical fences,” said Janet Piszar, director of the animal rights-focused Bear Education And Resource group. “Bears are inappropriately punished and killed for human negligence to protect outdoor animals.”
Think of the arrogance, ignorance and the bold audacity of making such a statement.
If bears have rights, then I suggest Ms. Piszar invite the bears into her home and sit down and reason with them about the damage they are doing and suggest ways to find alternative feeding sources.
What is insane is there is a simple solution to New Jersey’s bear problems and it would cost the state nothing. It’s called a hunt. It’s been going on since the beginning of time and I know of no fish and game department in America that doesn’t agree with and utilize hunting as a game management tool.
The idea that we should just let bears run amok and unmanaged is absurd.
Tom Remington


