Bear Hunt Halted Days Before Season Opener
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From Times Wire Reports
The state’s highest court called off New Jersey’s bear hunt, four days before the season was scheduled to start.
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Trenton that the state needs to establish a proper management program for bears before it can allow the animals to be hunted.
More than 300 black bears were killed in last year’s hunt.
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