New Jersey's Bear Hunting Season Off to a Gruesome Start

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62 bears have been slaughtered on the first day of New Jersey's bear hunting season despite calls to end the barbaric hunt once and for all. Activists have been collecting signatures and posting information in hopes of ending the hunt while the governor announced changes to the hunt that have yet to come to fruition. Unfortunately, it seems that the hunt will continue through Saturday for muzzleloaders and bowhunters spelling disaster for black bears in the area.

There are many ways to deal with human - bear conflicts that are non-lethal and preserve the natural balance of an ecosystem. As I've stated many times before, when we start manipulating the ecosystem, it has a trickle down effect that impacts every other living being within that habitat. When we start removing predators, prey animals will undoubtedly become abundant. This abundance of prey animals will only lead to more killing in a vicious cycle that will never end unless we commit to ending our participation in hunts like the annual bear hunt.

When prey animals become abundant, it has disastrous results for an ecosystem that is designed to work for all animals in unison. Deer would be the perfect example of an animal that will suffer at the hands of bear hunts. Deer will start to become abundant, eating and destroying more of the plant life in their ecosystem which will prompt culls leading to increased deer slaughter. You can see how this cycle will never stop unless we commit to ending our participation in events that slaughter hundreds of predatory animals. Whether we're talking about bears, coyotes, bobcats, badgers or foxes, every animal on this planet is crucial to some other animals survival. Humans are the ultimate destroyers of our planet and contests like these are the perfect example. What animal on our planet is truly safe from our desire to kill?

While some may argue that there are an abundance of these animals, how long until there isn't? There were plenty of elephants at one point, plenty of cheetahs, whales, sharks etc., and what happened? Humans decimated these animals until they required international protection. How long until we've pushed black bears or coyotes to near extinction? We didn't think we'd ever push lions or polar bears to near extinction until we did. If these horrific contests continue and we factor in other perils endangered animals typically face like fragmentation, human development and habitat loss, and human conflicts, we will see these once abundant in the wild animals suddenly end up on the endangered species act.

We need to ban sport hunting. We need to ban trophy hunting. No amount of money will bring these animals back from extinction. Humans need to get back to things like reading, spending time with friends and family, learning new hobbies etc, and less fucking time running around with guns slaughtering everything in their path.

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