'Hank the Tank,' the bear behind 21 home invasions, has been captured near Lake Tahoe

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Bear 64F, also known as 'Hank the Tank,' is believed to be one of three animals who've broken into dozens of homes in South Lake Tahoe in the last year and helped themselves to messy meals, enchanting the internet.

— and incorrectly assuming that all of the bears were male.

The more homes that were vandalized in the ritzy waterfront community of Tahoe Keys, about 100 miles east of Sacramento, the more the public came to the defense of “Hank the Tank,” blaming the bears’ behavior on unsecured garbage cans and habitat encroachment. Given her diet, it’s perhaps no surprise that Bear 64F chose the space under a Tahoe Keys home for her den. After she was discovered there in March, local biologists used the moment to immobilize her, collect her DNA, attach an ear tag and affix a satellite tracking collar.

 

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