California's Department of Fish and Wildlife said there were three other bears responsible for damaging more than 30 properties that were originally linked solely to Hank.
— blamed for breaking into dozens of homes across the Tahoe Keys area — may be innocent.
The agency will soon begin trapping bears in the South Lake Tahoe area to tag the animals and collect evidence for genetic analysis. The bears will be released in a"suitable habitat" and the agency said no trapped animals will be euthanized as part of the project.in the region straddling Northern California and Nevada, including a break-in at a residence in the Tahoe Keys neighborhood last week.
One of the bears smashed a window Friday and squeezed into a house while the residents were at home, . Police responded and banged on the outside of the house until the animal left out the back door and disappeared into the woods.
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