# Event Details - **Event Name**: PROTEST THE ESSEX COUNTY DEER HUNTS: SOUTH MOUNTAIN & HILLTOP RESERVATIONS - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 02:15 pm - **Event Description**: SAVE THE DATES: SOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION Date: Saturday, January 24, 2026 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 7, 2026 Time: 1PM - 2:15PM (Rain or Shine) (For concerns about cancellation due to snow, check our facebook page.) Location: Verona Park: 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; when unsuspecting deer come out for their food traps, they are shot to death. Since 2008, a total of 3,442 deer, including 2,184 unborn deer, have been killed by County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. Essex County’s current deer “culling” program can no longer be dominated by a few closed minded officials and special interests groups. DiVincenzo, needs to revisit his killing methods and use humane deer management methods. Using the same approach for over a decade isn’t working and will never work. Scientists from a major University have critiqued the Essex County deer killing program and declared its current reports and data as scientifically indefensible. The key is to manage the conflicts, not the deer. Managing deer leads to increased fertility because there’s less competition for food and land. Essex County residents are opposed to DiVincenzo’s annual deer killing programs and are demanding an end to killing the deer in Essex County. Please contact DiVincenzo and these two commissioners. Tell them to stop wasting taxpayer money. The $1 million plus, already spent over the years to K*ll 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 Visit our websites for more info on how to get involved with APLNJ’s Deer campaign https://aplnj.org/ Email:doreen.frega@aplnj.org for additional information. Please Light A Candle For Our Beloved Deer https://grateful.org/light-a-candle/ Thank you for being a voice for our VOICELESS DEER, who have NO VOICE. Will you be their VOICE??  Photo Credit: Kim Nagelhout - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/orange/protest-the-essex-county-deer-hunts-south-mountain-and-hilltop-reservations/200029493430109 - **Event Categories**: contests - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 24 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Orange - **state**: NJ - **country**: United States - **location**: 560 Northfield Ave - **lat**: 40.769228 - **long**: -74.2809641 - **full address**: 560 Northfield Ave, 560 Northfield Avenue,West Orange,NJ,United States, Orange ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: PROTEST THE ESSEX COUNTY DEER HUNTS: SOUTH MOUNTAIN & HILLTOP RESERVATIONS - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/3681b667277c102dde879e74cf87c77d75bff9237c430dbba1b024ad33b177d3-rimg-w528-h438-dcf8f5f2-gmir?v=1769017466 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is PROTEST THE ESSEX COUNTY DEER HUNTS: SOUTH MOUNTAIN & HILLTOP RESERVATIONS being held? - **A:** PROTEST THE ESSEX COUNTY DEER HUNTS: SOUTH MOUNTAIN & HILLTOP RESERVATIONS takes place on Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 02:15 pm at 560 Northfield Ave, 560 Northfield Avenue,West Orange,NJ,United States, Orange. - **Q**: Who is organizing PROTEST THE ESSEX COUNTY DEER HUNTS: SOUTH MOUNTAIN & HILLTOP RESERVATIONS ? - **A:** PROTEST THE ESSEX COUNTY DEER HUNTS: SOUTH MOUNTAIN & HILLTOP RESERVATIONS is organized by Animal Protection League of New Jersey (APL). ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "PROTEST THE ESSEX COUNTY DEER HUNTS: SOUTH MOUNTAIN & HILLTOP RESERVATIONS", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/3681b667277c102dde879e74cf87c77d75bff9237c430dbba1b024ad33b177d3-rimg-w528-h438-dcf8f5f2-gmir?v=1769017466", "startDate": "2026-01-24", "endDate": "2026-01-24", "url": "https://allevents.in/orange/protest-the-essex-county-deer-hunts-south-mountain-and-hilltop-reservations/200029493430109", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "560 Northfield Ave", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "560 Northfield Avenue,West Orange,NJ,United States", "addressLocality": "Orange", "addressRegion": "NJ", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.769228", "longitude": "-74.2809641" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "SAVE THE DATES:\n\nSOUTH MOUNTAIN RESERVATION\n \nDate: Saturday, January 24, 2026\n \nTime: 1PM - 2:15PM (Rain or Shine) (For concerns about cancellation due to snow, check our facebook page.)\n \nLocation: 560 Northfield Ave, West Orange\nWe will protest on the grassy surface, curbside, adjacent to the ent", "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Animal Protection League of New Jersey (APL)", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/animal-protection-league-of-new-jersey-apl/26895117" } ] } ] ```