Animal rights grinches are putting the New Jersey Fish and Game Council in their crosshairs. If they succeed, hunters in the Garden State must be on high alert.

A bill being deliberated in New Jersey, called AB 6055, would mandate that three of the existing 11 member positions go to animal welfare representatives, despite their track record of opposing science-based wildlife management. This aligns with a new disturbing movement to “reimagine” state wildlife governance, which I’ve frequently written about here at Townhall.

The bill’s text reads like this: “ Under current law, three members are farmers recommended by the State agricultural convention, six members are sportsmen recommended by the New Jersey State Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, one member is the chair of the Endangered and Nongame Species Advisory Committee, and one member is an individual who is knowledgeable in land-use management and soil conservation practices. The bill replaces three of the six sportsmen representative seats with three seats for individuals recommended by animal welfare organizations in this State, resulting in three sportsmen representatives........

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