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Anthony says you can see claw marks on the tree!

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Bear captured in city; they will keep coming for people’s garbage
By Ted Morris

Herald/Review

SIERRA VISTA — A young male black bear was captured Sunday night on the playground of the Huachuca Mountain Elementary School.

The wild animal was sedated with a Zylazine dart after it climbed a tree, having been corralled by city police officers. It was the same bear that was seen by animal control officers two mornings ago in the same area. It is believed to have come from Fort Huachuca, and there is a another one.

“He’s basically a garbage bear,” said Brad Fulk, a wildlife manager for the Arizona Game & Fish Department. “He’s afraid of people. That’s a credit to him.”

In September, authorities and residents shot and killed four bears in the Huachuca Mountains when the animals got too close for comfort. On Sept. 14, authorities captured a yearling male black bear on the city’s west side and moved it to the Chiricahua Wilderness.

“Our problem is continuing to get worse and worse,” said Fulk, who was uncertain Sunday night where the bear would be released. It takes up to 10 hours for him to process a bear.

On Sunday morning, Fulk counted 50 garbage cans in 30 minutes between Ramsey Canyon and Mandan roads on the south side.

“Tomorrow afternoon we’re going to have another bear in that neighborhood,” he said. “The reason for that is there’s food available.”

Rader’s Rants has turned pink for one month in support of breast cancer month. I saw an article on www.slashdot.org about the month long program. The site that has started it all is pink for October

Patrick found an injured rabbit outside. My suggestion was to put him back and let nature take its course. That was vetoed by Mary Catherine. She is now taking care of it. I said that I had never heard of any rabbits making it once rescued. This rabbit named Earwin (after Steve Irwin) is doing better. MC feeds him Kitten formula every hour or half hour. He sleeps on a heating pad.

UPDATE: Earwin was taken to an animal rehab on Monday.

I took this picture yesterday (7-15-06) at the San Pedro house. Mary C and Mary had never been there before. I went a few times last year. My dad and I took Anthony and Patrick there last year after the monsoons (picture below). The grasses grow so much in so little time. The picture above has a Yucca plant that I should be able to find when I return there in 1 month or so. I will post that picture then. Note, I change the logo background from a picture that I took in Sedona, AZ to one the I took of the Huachcua Mtns. yesterday. I thought it was more appropriate.

UPDADE

I took the above pictue today (10-01-06). Man, there was a lot of yellow flowers here.