AS WE WENT AROUND AND AROUND WITH THE ANTI'S (LAWSUIT) LAST YEAR FOR THE RIGHT TO HUNT BEAR IN N.J., THE ANTI'S WHOLE CASE WAS , BETTER GARBAGE CANS SO THE BEAR CAN'T EAT AND MOVE ON, THEN HUNTING WAS CRUEL AND TOTALLY THE WRONG THING TOO DO, AND THEY ALWAYS SAID THAT N.J., BEARS ARE LIKE FLUFFY TEDDY BEARS, THEIR TO CUTE AND WILL NEVER HURT PEOPLE, WELL GUESS WHAT HERE'S THE PROOF THEIR WRONG AGAIN, AS FOLLOWS...
Two boys injured in bear attack at Stokes State Forest (N.J.)
Two pre-teen boys sustained minor injuries when they were attacked by a bear at their campsite at Stokes State Forest Wednesday morning, according to state police.
A New Jersey Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife officer who arrived on scene shot the bear in the neck, but it is unclear if the bear was killed.
Vin Meeks of the Montague-based youth organization Trail Blazers told investigating officers that a black bear entered the campsite while the campers were sleeping Wednesday morning. The bear first went to a tent and grabbed onto a child’s foot in an attempt to pull him out of the tent. This effort proved unsuccessful, and the boy sustained a minor injury to his left foot. The bear then went to a second tent and collapsed it. After the tent collapsed, the bear swiped at a second boy, causing a minor injury to the boy’s right shoulder. This pair of incidents lasted about 15 minutes, police said.
The boys, one 12 from Jersey City and one age 11 from Brooklyn, N.Y., sustained superficial wounds, police said.
The bear left the scene but returned again and continued “tearing through the camp.”
Before officers arrived, Meeks gathered all the children and took them into a half-enclosed cabin. The campers made as much noise as they could in an attempt to scare the bear away.
When Officer Joe Burke from the New Jersey Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife arrived, the bear was still on scene and didn’t seem to be affected by his presence. Burke shot the bear in the neck.
New Jersey State Park Police Officer Sikora is investigating the incident. Troopers Freeland and Brown of the New Jersey State Police responded to the scene to assist
UPDATE...
FRANKFORD — State authorities are still on the trail of a 150-pound black bear that swiped at and slightly injured two boys in Stokes State Forest in Sussex County on Wednesday.
Officers and personnel from several state agencies, including the Division of Fish and Wildlife, State Park police, State Police and Department of Environmental Protection are all tracking the bear, which is thought to be nearly 2 years old, said Lawrence Ragonese, a DEP spokesman.
Although an officer shot the bear in the neck shortly after it had entered the camp about 5 a.m. Wednesday, it did not appear that the shot was fatal, Ragonese said.
By now, the bear could be four or five ridges over from the camp where the attack took place in the Gren Anderson section of the 16,000-acre state forest, he said. The area around Gren Anderson, including a portion of the Appalachian Trail, remains closed to visitors and will remain so for a few days unless the bear is caught, Ragonese said.
“If we find the bear, it will be shot and killed,” Ragonese said. Because the bear attacked, it is considered dangerous.
After the 15-minute encounter, the bear scampered away, but returned moments later "tearing through the camp," according to a New Jersey State Park police report.


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