To the editor: Sometimes I read the pieces again in the opinion section to make sure that I have understood all nuances or to deal with a particular perspective on a subject, including mine. Until today, I don't think I read a news twice. In fact, I had such disbelief that I had to read it three times (“Bear problems in Sierra Madre: after Eaton's fire, the invasions of the house rise sharply,” August 1).
Did the authorities shot and killed a bear who had been reassured? The bear was not a threat to anyone while it was calm. However, instead of walking it further in nature and freeing her, did they find it necessary to kill her? Shooting a content animal is an act of cruelty. If there was a legitimate reason to sacrifice the bear, there are human ways of leaving an animal without pain.
It is not necessary to say that nobody wants a bear to break at home, but this poorly advised attempt of a solution is an unnecessary act of barbarism, a 2025 version of the end of the 1957 film “Old Yeller”. Except that shooting that dog was an act of love. Shooting this bear was an act of brutality.
Teresa Decrescezo, Studio City
