Bear hunt shameful

On a recent visit to my daughter in Vernon, I had the incredible opportunity to see a black bear for the first time. I was amazed at how gentle this creature was. In the one minute it took for her to slowly walk through the backyard, I could not take my eyes off of her. At no time was I ever afraid or felt threatened in any way. Thank you to the BEAR Group for working so hard to educate the public and for their extraordinary efforts in protecting these animals from hunting. The hunters should be ashamed of themselves. Anyone who would kill one of these gentle and beautiful bears just for fun is a worthless coward who obviously cannot feel like a man unless he is killing a defenseless animal. Jean McCartney Bergenfield