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Ban on hunting sought in N.J.

By TERRENCE DOPP
The Express-Times, The Daily Sunbeam, and The Gloucester County Times

"The newly formed Animal Protection Political Action Committee hopes to craft a network of more than 50,000 voters to oppose pro-hunting legislation and candidates."

"The (National Rifle Association) and all these other groups pull together all of these people who are 100 percent for hunting. We are going to have people who are 100 percent against hunting," said Stuart Chaifetz, director of Animal Protection.

"If there wasn't the Supreme Court, there'd be a bear hunt. We recognized that we needed a political force."
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Animal activists celebrate cancellation of bear hunt
By RICHARD COWEN
BERGEN RECORD

"The activists...announced the formation of a political action committee to be known as the Animal Protection PAC. The PAC will push for adoption of a bill now in the Assembly that would transform the council into an agency that favors non-lethal means of wildlife management, such as contraception, over hunting.

Stu Chaifetz...organizer of the PAC, acknowledged next year's gubernatorial election and said, "We're going to reach out to the hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents who love animals."

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