It's not easy for a 500-pound bear to sneak around a neighborhood — and it sounds impossible for one to break into a house through a small window. But the animal, known as Hank the Tank, is no ordinary bear.
Hank the Tank is"our big bear friend who has adopted the Tahoe Keys neighborhood as his residential area," police in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., say. State officials are now trying to trap the bear, who weighs 500 pounds.
The most recent incident occurred late last week, when local police officers were called to a home on Catalina Drive for"a report of Hank inside a house," according to the. The department posted photos showing a wooden fence whose planks had been shattered, along with a small window. by the state agency. It adds that it is"frantically working to save his life by reaching out to various wildlife sanctuaries in hopes of finding him a safe home."
"Hank hangs out in the Keys quite often because he has been continuously rewarded with food stored in unsecured garages ," theBut it seems that the Keys' policy has now been revised, or at least clarified. In an update to its posting, the police department said Keys residents can call their homeowners' association to apply for a bear box.
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