TODAYS STAR-LEDGER REPORTED THAT IN DENVILLE, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ THAT A BLACK BEAR IN THE WEIGHT RANGE OF 250-300 POUNDS WAS STRUCK BY A CAR. LOCAL POLICE REQUSTED THAT THE NJ FISH AND WILDLIFE RESPONDE, BUT THEY STATED THAT THEY USED UP THERE OVERTIME BUDGET. THE NEXT MORNING WITH THE BEAR STILL INJURED, THE LOCAL POLICE ONCE AGAIN REQUESTED THAT THE NJ FISH & GAME RESPONDE, THEY STATED THEY HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO, AND TOLD LOCAL POLICE TO TAKE THE BEAR DOWN, WHICH THEY DID.

NOW, I LIKE TO KNOW IS WHERE THE HELL IS OUR HUNTING DOLLARS GOING TO? ISN'T UP TO FISH AND GAME TO TAKE THE BEAR DOWN? IF THE BEAR SHOWED SIGNS OF OR ACTING IN A BAD WAY KILLING OR INJURYING A PERSON, PET, LIVESTOCK OR BREAK INTO HOMES THEN I KNOW LOCAL POLICE CAN TAKE IT DOWN, I'M A COP MYSELF, WHAT IF THE LOCAL POLICE HAD OTHER EMERGENCY CALLS? ALSO WHAT IF OVER NIGHT THIS BEAR WHO IS HURTING STARTED HURTING PEOPLE? NOW WHO IS RESPONSABLE LOCAL POLICE OR FISH & GAME? THE NJ FISH & GAME NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WILDLIFE, AND THEY HAVE A JOB TO DO, SAYING THAT THEY ARE OVER THE OVERTIME BUDGET IS BULLSH*T, AND THEN SAY THAT THEY HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THEN TO HELP WITH A BEAR BOTH ARE POOR BULLSH*T EXCUSES. WE THE NEW JERSEY HUNTERS DON'T NEED THIS, WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS.