Known by locals as Jake, Yogi, or “Hank the Tank,” the bear is responsible for at least 152 incident reports in the area and remains at large.
broke into yet another home on Friday as he continues a seven-month streak of evading police and California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials.from CBS Sacramento, the bear has caused “extensive property damage” to 33 residences and is responsible for at least 152 incident reports in the area, Peter Tira, a spokesperson for the CDFW, told SFGATE.
The animal was last seen on Catalina Drive in the Tahoe Keys, where he broke a small window and forced himself into a home while the occupants were inside. They proceeded to call, who cleared the house and hazed the bear until he exited through the back door and fled the property — a course of action that usually involves making noise with loud sirens, firing bean bags at the animal, or anything that might make a bear think twice about interacting with humans again, said Tira.
Jake, or Yogi, or Hank, is what Tira describes as a “severely food habituated bear,” one that has “lost all fear of people” and thinks of them as a food source. In a meeting held Wednesday, members of a local homeowners association agreed to allow CDFW personnel to capture the bear. Previous trapping efforts, which tend to yield more success for the department in the wooded settings where it usually operates, have proven futile in the residential areas where the bear has become acclimated.
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