SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA — More than 1,300 people have signed a petition to save Hank the Tank, a massive, 500-pound black bear who gained national notoriety — and a death sentence — after he damaged dozens of properties around Lake Tahoe.
The giant bear, known by residents as Hank the Tank, has eluded capture for more than seven months, according to Peter Tira, a spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Last week, he broke into yet another home in his latest snack search.
The bear’s rap sheet includes 33 cases of extensive property damage, and he forcefully entered at least 28 homes in and near the Tahoe Keys.
“This bear is extremely food-habituated and has used its immense size and strength to break in and through front doors and garage doors,” wildlife officials said. “There have been, at last count, 102 individual reports of local police responses to this bear, including multiple hazing events to discourage the bear from breaking into homes and seeking human food sources.”
State fish and wildlife officials launched a special trapping effort for the broad-shouldered behemoth in the Tahoe Keys area of South Lake Tahoe. The traps, the wildlife officials said, represent official state business to capture a specific and “severely food-habituated bear,” meaning Hank no longer fears people and associates humans with access to food. The bear is responsible for more than 150 incident reports in the region, which straddles Northern California and Nevada.
On Friday, he broke into a home in the Tahoe Keys neighborhood, according to CBS Sacramento. In that burglary, he bashed through a window and squeezed into the home on Catalina Drive. The residents were inside during the frightening home invasion. Police were called and banged on the outside of the home until Hank made his getaway through a back door, disappearing into a wooded area.
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A homeowners association agreed last week to allow state wildlife workers to capture Hank, whose known aliases are also Jake, Yogi or simply Big Guy. But it won’t be easy — bear-trapping is usually more likely in the woods. Previous efforts have failed.
Now, some people want to save the bear from euthanasia.
More than 1,300 people signed this Change.org petition to save Hank.
“There is a 500 lb bear in the South Lake Tahoe keys area that is causing a few problems and they want to euthanize him or her,” the petition reads. “I want to petition to stop the euthanization of this bear, there are other options that can be done and there’s an offer by a sanctuary in Colorado to transport the bear there. Please join in the fight to save this 500 lb bear from losing its life in Southern lake Tahoe keys area.”
