New Jersey Sportsmen Stop Dangerous Animal Cruelty Bill
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New Jersey Sportsmen Stop Dangerous Animal Cruelty Bill





Sportsmen’s pressure has led to the withdrawal of a New Jersey bill that would have allowed for the prosecution of those who hunt with hounds.

On Feb. 9, after receiving a flood of messages from outraged New Jersey sportsmen, Assemblyman Christopher Connors, R-Forked River, withdrew AB 666 from consideration. The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance had alerted New Jersey hunters via its On Target e-mail newsletter that the bill would have revised the state animal cruelty statute to proscribe any harm caused by one animal to another. It was the latest in a string of vague animal cruelty bills that would adversely impact hunting.

The proposal would have made sportsmen who hunt with dogs vulnerable to animal cruelty charges. Under the bill, a pointing dog that broke and grabbed a pheasant or a coon hound that caught a raccoon would have been engaged in acts of animal cruelty.

In 2002, similar legislation was introduced in the Iowa legislature. It would have effectively banned hunting with dogs, field trialing and more. The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance worked with Iowa sportsmen and key legislators to ensure an exemption for sporting dog owners.

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance also worked with sportsmen and lawmakers to combat animal cruelty legislation in Texas and New York last year. Bills in those states would have turned hunting into a punishable act of animal cruelty.
US Sportmens Alliance on Target

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