The bear – officially named Bear 64F but given the nickname “Hank the Tank” because of her size – is accused of multiple break-ins and instances of property destruction in the Lake Tahoe area since last year. Her three cubs, which allegedly accompany their mama on her exploits – were also captured and will be going to a sanctuary in California.
Tahoe resident reporting in. Hank the tank was a controversial figure up here. Her territory was primarily the Tahoe Keys gated community and she only developed her bad habits because people in that neighborhood couldn’t bring themselves to practice sensible bear etiquette with their trash management like most other neighborhoods in the basin.
Keys residents largely wanted her gone and most other Tahoe residents were indifferent or wanted her to be left alone and for the keys neighborhood to instead make a concerted effort to cut off her food sources so she’d go back to more normal bear behavior.
I’m just glad she is being relocated instead of euthanized.