, arguing that the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife doesn’t have an accurate estimate of the bruin population and would cause “irreparable harm” with a hunt.
the emergency rule adopted by the Division of Fish and Wildlife on Nov. 15 authorizing the bear hunt,“The emergency rule is based on an assumption that the bear population is approximately 3,000 and will rise to approximately 4,000 in two years, allegedly necessitating an emergency,” the coalition attorney, Dante DiPirro, wrote in his application for the stay. “However, the current bear population has not been scientifically determined.
The division of Fish and Wildlife authorized the hunt in response to a sharp increase in the number of bear complaints, which between January and October increased 237% over the same period last year. Although more than 90% of the bear complaints have been more sightings, there have been 15 home invasions, 52 livestock kills and one human attack, according to Fish and Wildlife.
“The agency delayed engaging in ordinary rulemaking and manufactured a so-called ‘emergency’ to do an end run around. [The Administrative Procedure Act] required rulemaking, public input and oversight, even though there was time for rulemaking in the normal course,” DiPirro wrote.
Bears want to kill us. I'm sick of people pretending they don't. 🐻
If you gotta go to court to kill a bear, you the problem!
Who ever is saying bears are a problem are not being honest. I'm all over Sussex County perhaps I seen 2 the last 10 months. And a few at my house. GovMurphy nobearhunt