- Ted Bear of Sedona
SEDONA NEWS FLASH: ANGRY SEDONA CITIZENS PLAN A JULY 6 CANDLELIGHT VIGIL PROTEST AT THE BROKEN ARROW SHRINE FOR HOMELESS TED BEAR, A MEMBER OF ARIZONA WILD LIFE, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED LAST SATURDAY BY PERCEIVED TRIGGER-HAPPY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
Please join us on
Tuesday, July 6th
At 8:00 PM
for a Candlelight Vigil in memory of the Broken Arrow Bear. He was destroyed Saturday, June 23rd.
We will meet at the crossroads of Morgan and Cypress
in Sedona, where a shrine to his memory has been placed.
Though we all were extremely aware, that he could not stay here, we see no reason that his life had to end.
Is this site for real?? Why would you have a memorial for a bear?? Insane. You people need to get a life.
I have spent a great deal of time hiking and canoe tripping in various parts of the USA and Canada. I do not have an unrealistic view of animals and have seen my share of them in the wild. Having “Ted” roam the neighborhoods of Sedona was not an ideal situation. Pets and even young children could be at risk if they stumbled into Ted’s way. Understand that wild animals are not out there just waiting for an excuse to attack humans. However, through an invasion of their space, and even an occasional departure from their normal actions could cause harm to a citizen or pet. Having said that, I do find it hard to believe that with all of the spottings of this young male, authorities were unable to tranquilize and relocate this animal. Despite Ted’s affinity for neighborhoods and garbage cans, black bears are majestic animals and it is a shame to see one destroyed for , what seems to be, no good reason.
Loved the humour mateys. Quite!
Our 11 year old son thinks that “those Arizona wild bear hunters have the most awesome and coolest job on the entire world wide round planet.” Good-bye Pooh days.
TO: Barbara Litrell, Member of the Sedona City Council
Of course I know how badly you feel because of our common love for animals. However, the last e-mail I received from you indicated the end of this episode was realized with the poll in the Sedona Red Rock News. I’m no Swami, but I doubt it’s been laid to rest. Hostility is rampant, now coast to coast and even globally with the use of e-mail; and without explanation from even Ron Wheeler, whose name appeared in the RRNews article regarding the erroneous disposition of the bear as having been tranquilized and relocated, this now expanded community event will NOT be silenced. This, in my opinion, cannot be swept under the red rocks of Sedona as what it appears to be . . . a failed attempt to cover-up the true facts of what happened to our bear. Deceiving the public is not acceptable. Whatever it takes to prevent it from happening again needs to be implemented.
I speak for no one but myself but my heart tells me it’s far more reaching.
Eddie Maddock
As an apology to TV Channel 12 news reporter, Hannah Mullins, for an earlier e-mail I sent to her asking for identification of the woman on the 5:00 PM, 06/29/10, newscast, after reviewing my own video tape here is what I came up with:
On tape: “Game & Fish officials said they had no choice.”
Hannah Mullins: “In an interview yesterday, Shelly Shepherd . . .”
Shelly Shepherd: “The last thing we want to do is have to euthanize an animal.”
Hannah Mullins: “Though he wasn’t aggressive, Shelly says it’s not a risk they’re ready to take.”
Shelly Shepherd: “A bear that was sticking around in residential areas and getting into garbage cans, and again that kind of goes back to that habituation around humans.”
Hannah: “And apparently humans around their beloved bear.”
Also, Ms. Shepherd’s affiliation with Arizona Game & Fish was clearly identified by the emblem on her uniform.
I was the only un-named participant on the program . . . oops . . . more apologies to Laurel and Hardy!
Over and Out,
E. Maddock
Iam very sad that “Ted” bear had to be euthanized. Did you know that black bears are considered endangered in some of our gulf coast states? Me neither, until I looked it up.
“The death of a black bear is never the ideal outcome” quote from Zen Nocarski, Game and Fish after an aggressive black bear was killed on Mingus Mountain 7/8/09
Ted bear never showed signs of aggression, quite the contrary, when he was chased up a tree by a female puppy, it showed that he was more afraid and just hungry. At one and half years old, maybe he was orphaned and never learned to hunt properly in the wild.
Proper protocol for G & F is to first determine that the animal displays a HIGH level of threat, which “Ted” never did. I feel it’s not easy to make a call to determine an animals fate, but as I speculate from comments of the neighbors, it sounds like G & F just wanted the chase to end and killing the bear surely did that.
If the possibility of causing endangerment to another is justification for execution, are there any of us who are truly safe? Why do so many humans harbor fear of the “other” be it bear, Mexican, or Californian?
Sunday L