State Sponsors Bear Hunt to Thin Population
From Times Wire Reports
Slogging through a foot of snow left by a weekend blizzard, hunters ventured into the woods in New Jersey’s first bear hunt in 33 years, prompted by a rising number of complaints about the animals breaking into suburban homes and raiding trash cans.
Hunters had killed at least 61 bears by the afternoon, the state Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife said.
The hunt was held to reduce a bear population that has swelled across northwestern New Jersey.
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