Untitled Document Honor and Non-Violence for Animals has fought against NJ's Coyote hunting season since its' inception in 1997. The following is a letter that was sent out to all of NJ's state Legislators, and an editorial. The wildlife in our state are held in trust for all the people, yet the people have no say in how our wild animals are treated. This was shown clearly when Fish and Game ignored the outcry against coyote killing and set forth a second, and now a third year of hunting.
Most people are appalled when pleasure is taken from the suffering of an animal.
That is why when they are made aware of this hunt, they turn against it. They see not only the cruelty involved, but also the hypocrisy of Fish and Game. With one hand Fish and Game holds out deer hunting to be necessary because there are no natural predators, yet with the other they hand out the permits to kill the natural predators. In response to questions about the hunt from state legislators, Fish and Game stated that coyotes may be taking away prey from other predators, such as red and gray foxes. The truth is that Fish and Game has allowed more than 30,000 red and gray foxes to be killed in the past ten years alone.