Last year New Jersey residents protested against an EXTENDED bear hunt, but now it's in their backyard, they want it DEAD ?

Authorities said the bear did not hurt anyone: THEN WHY DID YOU KILL IT ? EVER HEAR OF TRANQUILIZING ?

 

    Police Kill Bear at NJ Yard Sale

 

Police shot and killed a black bear that wandered into the backyard of a central New Jersey home where a yard sale was being staged.

 

Plainfield police say they received a 911 call around 8:30 a.m. Sunday reporting that a bear was running on Leland Avenue. Officers soon located the bruin and followed it to the 700 block of South Avenue, where it was killed around 9:45 a.m.

Authorities said the bear did not injure anyone.

Further details about the bear, such as its sex or age, were not immediately available. Authorities say state wildlife officials were headed to the site to collect the animal.

Police had sent out an alert telling city residents to remain in their homes while officers tracked the bear.STORY