Posted on 02/25/2022 5:33:25 AM PST by SJackson
“Hank the Tank” has been falsely accused of some Tahoe area break-ins, wildlife officials acknowledged on Thursday, citing DNA evidence that the 500-pound black bear isn’t the sole culprit.
Officials with California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife had said that the massive bear was the source of more than 150 calls for service in the small Tahoe Keys community and had eluded efforts at capture for months. They had said he would likely be euthanized once caught, but that they were also exploring other options.
Advertisement Hank’s infamy grew as international news outlets covered his story and South Lake Tahoe police appealed for the public to stop clogging their phone lines to share opinions about how to handle the bear.
CDFW officials said Thursday that DNA samples indicated at least two other bears have broken into homes lately, along with Hank the Tank.
As a result, officials are no longer planning to kill Hank if they capture him. The other bears won’t be euthanized either. There are some situations when CDFW might euthanize bears.
Instead, they plan to “trap, tag and work to relocate habituated bears.”
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Hank's status as a celebrity makes a lawsuit against the media unlikely, but at least they'll relocate him and his gang so they can pester another town.
Looks well fed.
A 500 lb grizzly bear walks into a bar and says I would like a glass of...... (10 seconds later he says) beer. Bartender says why the big pause?.... Big paws? Because I’m a grizzly bear.
(groan)
No way did he get that fat on protein.
That bear rug would cover half my living room.
Bears love their sweets! Just like humans...:)
I have bear in me, but then, I am a guy...
All guys have some bear in them! (My wife says this when she sees me scratching my back on a door jamb...
Not all bears are criminals.
Looks like Hank the Tank would have to a wall down to get in ,LOL
That is one fat bear. 😆
I knew it all along it wasn’t just a lone rogue. It was the Black Bear Gang. They have street creds. They use “Ghost Paw” technology to break in instead of registered paw prints. They fence the excess food stuffs in back alley transactions. I volunteered to go undercover to infiltrate this gang but it was deemed to dangerous. They would have sniffed me out as a rat rather quickly.
Suggest re-name to “Vlad the Bad”.
I’ll bet the local idiots are leaving food out. Some fool probably threw food to him from a house. “Oh, look at that cute bear. Let’s feed him.”
Black Bears Matter...!!
Sell special hunting licenses to a limited number of hunters allowing them to take him. He'll be gone in a week.
bfl
Where’s the inevitable Yogi Bear booking photo?
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