As the reports of bear/human encounters continue to rise across the country, it is becoming apparent - at least to everyone except politicians who see animal rights groups as an open wallet - that something is terribly wrong with non-injurious wildlife management. With only one death attributed to bear encounters, opponents of hunting as a management technique are saying the whole matter is blown out of proportion by hunting groups.

That is an effective debate technique, but it hardly holds water for the residents of areas who have seen their pets and livestock killed or injured, neighborhoods vandalized and have to worry about running into a three hundred pound - plus forager when they round the corner of their garage. While there may be any one of a number of reasons, the facts of the matter remain: people and bears are running into each other in increasingly higher numbers. Statistically, the odds of being killed or injured by a bear are still pretty small, but that's small consolation to the parents of eleven year-old Sam Ives of Utah who was pulled from his tent and killed by what authorities now say was a "normal" black bear that suddenly turned aggressive.

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The animal rights activists (more appropriately called the anti-fishing/anti-hunting activists) have found friends in Assemblyman Panter and Assemblywoman Greenstein and Senator Karcher. They are responsible for introducing A3275 and S2041. These bills would politicize the Fish and Game Council that was established in the early 1940’s to manage the hunting and fishing interests in New Jersey.
The reason it is called the Fish and Game Council is because its focus was limited to regulating fishing and hunting seasons and rules. The members of the Fish and Game Council are hunters, anglers and the farmers whose livelihood is impacted by hunting and fishing. It is important to keep in mind that managing wildlife in New Jersey has a tremendous impact on agriculture and every citizen who is fed by JERSEY FRESH farmers. The decisions are based on the information received from scientists and the reports from the Division of Fish and Wildlife. When the black bear population dropped drastically in the 70’s, it was the Fish and Game Council that took the responsible action of closing the bear hunt. They did not consider opening the hunt again until the population of black bears grew so large that many problems were rep

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Indications are everywhere. They remind us where we've been. They tell us where we are. Often, we believe they tell us the future.
Abortion, euthanasia, and "a life worth living"; like our policies to force Africans and Indians and other "native" people to coexist with deadly snakes and crocodiles and tigers and wolves tells us much about our perceived value of human life and true equality. "Gay marriage" and the correlation between widespread availability of pornography and the incidence of formerly unimaginable sex crimes likewise tell us much about our concept of morality and the purpose of our lives. The "hourglass" decline of every measure of academic quality in our schools; while environmental and animal propaganda, campaigns by teachers (increasingly abusing students) and administrators to indoctrinate values (trips to Planned Parenthood Abortion Centers and Mosques) and programs to destroy parental rights (sex-ed of every conceivable aberration and the "right" to provide birth control and abortion services without parental knowledge or notification to children) explode across the national landscape is an indicator of some very disturbing future developments for a nation facing the challenges of our world.

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The 8th Annual South Jersey Youth Outdoor Day will be held rain or shine on Saturday, August 18, 2007 at the Salem County Sportsmen Club on Route 40 in Carney's Point. The event is free to all youths 7 to 17 years old and is limited to the first 150 that register. All youths must be accompanied by an adult.

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It is extremely important that as many sportsmen as possible attend the Assembly Environment Committee meeting at 10 am. Thursday June 14  in Committee Room # 9 , 3rd floor of the State House Annex in Trenton and make your opposition to A 3275 known to the legislators present. 

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A SAOVA message for sportsmen, pet owners and farmers concerned about protecting their traditions, avocations and livelihoods from anti-hunting, anti-breeding, animal guardianship advocates. Forwarding and cross posting, with attribution, encouraged.

Dear American Kennel Club Delegates,
Several months ago, when your board of directors proposed to enter into a contractual arrangement with Petland to register Petland puppies eligible for AKC registration, many of you objected. In fact, enough of you objected to what you considered an inappropriate business relationship for AKC that your board of directors finally dropped the plan.
It was a perfect example of good governance and fiduciary responsibility at work—delegates from the member clubs acting as they knew their club memberships wished. Read More...

Please Contact Your Assembly MemberTODAY!

A full Assembly vote is scheduled to take place on Monday, June 11 on

A3511 legislation
restricting law-abiding citizens from purchasing more than one handgun in a calendar month.

THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE WE HAVE TO STOP THIS OPPRESSIVE ANTI-GUN MEASURE IN THE ASSEMBLY

URGENT: New Jersey One-Gun-A-Month Scheme Heading to Assembly Floor for Vote!

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The Legislature did not act on the bills that call for a fall referendum on GSPT in time to complete the process before the summer recess. So, the only chance that GSPT can be renewed this year requires a special summer session of the legislature.

The focus of the campaign for GSPT renewal, therefore, will be to urge the Governor, Speaker Roberts and Senate President Codey to call a special summer session to pass the GSPT renewal legislation.

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The senate bill #475 "Public Dam Rehabilitation Project Bond Act" authorizes bonds for $90,000,000 to use as matching fund grants to counties and muninciple governments to help with the cost of repairing and maintaining dams accross the state of NJ.The Assembly is also sponsoring a similar bill #A1695,with the help of these bills we could finally get things started on this growing problem of dam safety in our state. Read More...