We received graphic photographs exposing the cruelty behind the Essex County deer hunt, which began in the Eagle Rock reservation on February 2. Just two days after the hunt began, a local resident sent us three disturbing photographs (see one below) along with the following statement:
- "I am a West Orange resident and was walking in Eagle Rock on Sat., February 4, 2 days after the county deer hunt began there. My dogs led me to a deer that was struggling in a few feet of water but unable to get up. It was alive but clearly dying. There was a clear puncture in its underside, just above its left front shoulder. It appears to have been shot."
ACTION NEEDED
Please call the following public officials and demand an end to this cruel kill which does nothing to reduce the whitetail's fertility rate. Local kills push and pull these persecuted animals from one locale to another. State legislators should intervene.
STATE LEVEL:
Senator RICHARD J. CODEY
(973) 535-5017
Assemblywoman Mila M. Jasey
(973) 762-1886
Assemblyman John F. McKeon (D)
(973) 275-1113
LOCAL LEVEL: (West Orange)
Ask them to use their political influence to stop the deer hunt. It is important for these elected officials to know there is wide-spread opposition to this cruel hunt.
Councilman Sal Anderton (Council President)
Term: 2008 - 2012
E-mail: sanderton@westorange.org
Telephone: 973-669-9841
E-mail: sanderton@westorange.org
Telephone: 973-669-9841
Councilwoman Susan McCartney
Term: 2006-2014
E-mail: smccartney@westorange.org
Telephone: 973-243-6768
Term: 2010-2014
No e-mail, use web form
or general e-mail: council@westorange.org
Councilwoman Patty Spango
Term: 2008-2012
E-mail: pspango@westorange.org
Telephone: 973-325-0821
E-mail: pspango@westorange.org
Telephone: 973-325-0821
Councilman Joe Krakoviak
Term: 2010-2012
E-mail: jkrakoviak@westorange.org
Telephone: 973-736-7285E-mail: jkrakoviak@westorange.org
Photo sent by West Orange resident.
Animal Protection League of NJ
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