Deer Hunt Protests in Essex County

Please join activists for these protests opposing the killing and supporting the deer!

SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION

Date: Saturday, January 25

Time: 1PM - 2:15PM (Rain or Shine) (For concerns about cancellation due to snow, check our facebook page.)

Location: 560 Northfield Ave, West Orange

We will protest on the grassy surface, curbside, adjacent to the entrance of Turtle Back Zoo. Use the parking lot at the entrance to the zoo.

HILLTOP RESERVATION

Date: Saturday, February 1

Time: 1PM - 2:15PM (Rain or Shine) (For concerns about cancellation due to snow, check our facebook page.)

Location: 475 Bloomfield Ave, Verona, NJ. We will be protesting in front of the Verona Park sign at the corner of Lakeside and Bloomfield Aves.

Parking: Verona Municipal Building, 600 Bloomfield Ave, Verona (across from the police station). Walk 2-3 blocks down to Verona Park.

We have signs and banners or you can bring your own sign. Share and bring a friend.

Sharp shooters bait the deer and position themselves in trees, so when unsuspecting deer come out for the food trap, they are shot to death.

Since 2008, a total of 3,057 deer, including 1,131 unborn, have been killed by County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr.

Please contact DiVincenzo and these two commissioners. Tell them to stop wasting taxpayer money. The $1 million already spent over the years to kill the deer should be invested in a nonlethal deer program such as surgical sterilization, which would have paid for itself by now.

Essex County Executive

Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr 

973-621-4400

joedi@admin.essexcountynj.org

Commissioner-at-Large

Brendan W. Gill 

973-621-4479

bgill@commissioners.essexcountynj.org

Commissioner, District 4

Leonard M. Luciano 

973-621-4481

lluciano@commissioners.essexcountynj.org

Any questions? Please reach out to Doreen Frega by replying to this email.

Please light a candle for our beloved deer.

https://grateful.org/light-a-candle/ (photo credit: Kim Nagelhout)