‘Hank the tank’: California officials seek to trap 500lb bear behind break-ins

A black bear enjoys a soda near South Lake Tahoe, California. Photograph: Chad Lundquist/AP

Authorities in South Lake Tahoe in California have launched a special trapping effort to trap a 500-pound black bear known as “Hank the Tank”.

Hank is, according to authorities, “readily identifiable due to [his] exceptionally large size and dark coat with a lighter muzzle”.