California Authorities Capture Suspects in Break-Ins at Lake Tahoe Homes: a Mama Bear and Three Cubs

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — California authorities have captured 4 suspects in a number of break-ins at houses 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 no less than 21 cases of property harm since 2022, the state Division of Fish and Wildlife mentioned in a press release.

The mom bear and her infants have been “safely immobilized” on Friday, the assertion mentioned. The grownup feminine, recognized to researchers as 64F, will possible be taken to a sprawling wildlife sanctuary close to Springfield, Colorado.

Her cubs may find yourself at a rehabilitation facility in Sonoma County, California, “in hopes they will discontinue the unfavorable behaviors they discovered from the sow and might be returned to the wild,” the assertion mentioned.

64F, who was outfitted with a monitoring machine earlier this 12 months, is certainly one of three grownup bears recognized final 12 months as being chargeable for 150 incident reviews, 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 houses. Ultimately, Fish and Wildlife introduced that it was really three separate bears chargeable for the mayhem.

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