e Department of Environmental Protections bear task force. Another non-violent way to keep the bear population from rising any further sit o sterilize them. When wildlife managers individually drag bears from their winter hibernation dens to weigh and measure them, to take blood samples, and to hang radio-transmitter collars around their necks, female bears could receive a contraceptive injection at this time, and the collars would lead marksman months later to the same animal for a second shot. If even stronger action is deemed necessary, the females could be spayed and the males could be neutered during their winter physicals. Admittedly it would take several years to make a dent in the population, but the plan would not harm a single bear and still prevent too much breeding from occurring. Black bears, genuinely non-aggressive animals, hunters kill more people than do black bears. The human tolerance for the black bear is down. In 1995, 285 complaints were recorded last year, 1,659 complaints were recorded and an additional 600 sittings were reported.In conclusion, three buyable solutions dealing with the black bear issue would be to hire a small group of sharp-shooters to conduct a black bear hunt in the state of New Jersey, to target problematic bears by putting them through aversion therapy and euthanizing the bears that continue acting aggressively, and to fund programs teaching society ways to coexist with the bears without killing them. The Divisions Wildlife Control Unit is dealing with the complaints on this serious problem associated with an expanding bear population as best it can, but its resources are limited. A long-term solution is in great need, but until an concrete solution surfaces, interactions between bears and humans are inevitable and conflicts will continue to become more frequent as the number of bears grow. The community remains almost equally split over the controversial solutions to the problem. ...
