Your freedom to hunt, fish, and trap in New Jersey
may soon be taken from you!


Introducing the next generation to AKC Field Trialing
The anti-fishing and anti-hunting activists, with the support of Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone, are responsible for introducing bill A1202, which changes the composition and revises authority of Fish and Game Council, and creates a non-lethal alternative committee within council. The bill specifically names and adds animals rights organizations to the council: New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance, The Bear Education Resource Group, and the Humane Society of the United States.

Bill A-1202 will drastically change the membership of the Fish and Game Council, the entity established to manage the fishing and hunting interests in New Jersey. It would effectively destroy the Council, and would end scientific management of our wildlife assets while putting these natural resources under the auspices of the office of the Governor. Such a change is designed to allow the council to be stacked with anti-fishing and anti-hunting extremists.

Bill A-1202 directs the Fish and Game Council to investigate using expensive and unproven non-lethal alternatives for game management, eliminates any reference to use and development of fish and game resources for public recreation and food supply, and substitutes “wildlife” for existing statutory references to “game.”

Animal “rights” activists testifying in support of such bills similar to A-1202 have derided hunting as a “15th century” means to wildlife management and proclaimed that bills relying heavily on non-lethal alternatives are legislation for “21st century” wildlife management. They have also expressed their desire to rid the Fish & Game Council of anyone with a “hunter driven background.” The council also regulates freshwater fishing. The animal rights people are coming after all anglers, hunters and trappers. They will not be satisfied until the basic freedom to fish, hunt and trap is removed from the state of New Jersey.

Such a
change will have a devastating impact on wildlife management, New Jersey’s ecology, recreational opportunities for New Jersey residents, and New Jersey’s economy. Businesses such as sporting goods stores, taxidermists, bait shops, boat dealers, etc., and the enterprises that service these establishments, may see significant drops in sales - perhaps being forced to layoff employees or even close their businesses.

Last year similar legislation to A-1202 was passed by an Assembly committee. Those in favor of the similar bill were:

Voted YES:
Assemblyman John McKeon (D-27), Chairman, Assemblyman Robert Gordon (D-38), Vice-Chairman Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D-20) Assemblyman Louis Manzo (D-31) Assemblyman Michael Panter (D-12)

Voted NO: Assemblyman Larry Chatzidakis (R-8) Assemblyman John Rooney (R-39)

Please join in our efforts to deride bill A-1202 and to keep fishing, hunting and trapping available to all of the people of New Jersey. Let’s stop the animal rights activists from imposing their way of life on the outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen of New Jersey!

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