Photo by Ann McCreary
Cinder dashes for freedom after being released into a forest north of
Leavenworth.
Famous bear’s remains found near where she was released after recovery
By Ann McCreary
Shortly after discovering Cinder, Steve Love shot this photo of her holding her injured paws up near his French Creek home before being airlifted to California for treatment. Photo courtesy of Steve Love
Cinder, the young black bear that was badly burned in the 2014 Carlton Complex Fire and underwent almost a year of treatment and rehabilitation before being released into the wild in 2015, is dead.
Cinder was saved through the concern and compassion of many people, and her story of recovery and release gained international attention through news reports and social media. She became a source of inspiration to Methow Valley residents as a…
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Exposing the Big Game 
I should have heard everything by now, but this was still shocking. What kind of psycho would do such a thing. I hope that karma will catch up with him.
What a bunch of wussies, the people who worked so hard to save this bear’s life but now look upon her needless death with “sadness but acceptance”; or even gratitude that at least her meat was “harvested” to feed some “hungry family.” Good Lord, give me a break! The death of this bear should have engendered RAGE at the monster who committed this act and a burning desire for vengeance. What we’ve apparently got instead is the same sort of limp-wristed response that cost Michael Dukakis the presidency when a reporter asked what he would do if his wife were raped and murdered. A genuine friend to animals does not accept their cruel victimization by clutching their pearls and being “accepting.” If I had a friend who responded to my needless murder in the same untroubled manner that these clowns display, then that individual would not be a true “friend.” The animal rights cause will continue to be a marginalized, ineffectual, ignored joke of a social movement in this country until those who claim to advocate for it begin responding to crimes against the natural world with a robust, eye-for-an-eye, take-no-prisoners mind-set.
Great points as usual Geoff! This was my respose letter, sent off yesterday: https://committeetoabolishsporthunting.wordpress.com/2018/12/14/answer-to-each-bear-has-its-own-personality-yet-none-are-protected-cinder-the-bear-is-dead/
Thanks, Jim. I hope they don’t refuse to run your letter for it being too pejorative against hunters, as they have mine. CASH’s usual disposition seems to be to bring a plastic fork to a knife fight.
They said they’d print itWednesday. There should be a whole lot of them about the subject then too, but probably not from an animal rights standpoint…