SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — California authorities have captured 4 suspects in a number of break-ins at properties round South Lake Tahoe: a mama bear and three of her cubs.DNA has confirmed the massive feminine black bear and her three little accomplices have been chargeable for not less than 21 cases of property harm …
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — California authorities have captured 4 suspects in a number of break-ins at properties round South Lake Tahoe: a mama bear and three of her cubs.
DNA has confirmed the massive feminine black bear and her three little accomplices have been chargeable for not less than 21 cases of property harm since 2022, the state Division of Fish and Wildlife mentioned in an announcement.
The mom bear and her infants have been “safely immobilized” on Friday, the assertion mentioned. The grownup feminine, recognized to researchers as 64F, will probably be taken to a sprawling wildlife sanctuary close to Springfield, Colorado.
Her cubs might find yourself at a rehabilitation facility in Sonoma County, California, “in hopes they’ll discontinue the unfavorable behaviors they realized from the sow and will be returned to the wild,” the assertion mentioned.
64F, who was outfitted with a monitoring system earlier this yr, is considered one of three grownup bears recognized final yr as being chargeable for 150 incident studies, together with property harm, within the lake area straddling Northern California and Nevada.
Initially it was believed {that a} single, giant black bear the general public nicknamed “Hank the Tank” had been breaking into properties. Ultimately, Fish and Wildlife introduced that it was really three separate bears chargeable for the mayhem.
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