To the Editor:

I am writing to express my deep concern about the way in which the recent bear episode was handled by the Princeton authorities. I wonder what part of “b-e-a-r” our governmental officials do not understand. My fourth grade daughter’s school was on lock down due to this wandering wild animal. I received a robocall from the Princeton police department indicating that there was a bear on the loose and that it was “being monitored.” Have these people never heard of a tranquilizer dart? Why the bear was not immediately tranquilized and transported away from the area is quite beyond me. The Princeton authorities who ineptly managed this matter ought to be extremely thankful that no small child was hurt or killed by this wild animal running amok in our town. Merely monitoring the situation is the height of incompetence.

With sincere disbelief,

Rev. Dr. Gordon S. Mikoski

Mercer Street