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Aggressive bear killed by deputies in Meyers
Submitted by paula on Fri, 12/04/2015 - 4:36am
Deputies from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office were called out to the neighborhood of Minniconiou and Susquehana Drives on Wednesday morning to reports an aggressive 700-800 pound bear.
The bear had reportedly been disrupting the neighborhood for several weeks by breaking into multiple residences.
Deputies located the bear and attempted to get the bear to move away from the residential area, using loud noises and less lethal bean bag rounds. In most cases these types of tactics are very successful and result in the bear leaving the area.
Another bear killed by Nevada officials, this time on Kingsbury Grade
Submitted by paula on Fri, 08/28/2015 - 11:57pmFor the second time in a week the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) has had to euthanize a black bear that was found near homes.
The bear was trapped overnight in the Kingsbury Area of Douglas County, and was put down because it was a danger to the public.
'Dangerous' black bear killed at Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 6:49pm
A problem-causing black bear that wildlife officials said was becoming increasingly dangerous was killed Tuesday in Incline Village.
The bear, a 9-year-old, 450-pound male, was captured Monday night or early Tuesday morning, tranquilized and subsequently euthanized with drugs, said Chris Healy, spokesman for the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
The bear was determined to be the same one that had been raiding trash, breaking into cars and knocking over fences in the area and was killed as a threat to public safety, Healy said.
Bear and vehicle collision near Skyland on Highway 50 in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sun, 07/13/2014 - 9:27pm7/16/14 update: The accident occurred when 18 year old Alex Sanchez of Zephyr Cove swerved to miss a bear killed by a previous driver. Law enforcement was headed to the original accident when Sanchez came upon the bear in the road, served to miss it and flipped his 2000 Toyota. The car was totaled and Sanchez is recovering from bruises suffered from the tightening of his seat belt. The driver, from Sun Valley, NV, who hit the bear was driving a Ford Explorer and had his family in the car. Nobody sought medical attention after the accident.
Bear killed in Homewood
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:05amSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - On Monday morning, Placer County Sheriff's deputies found the body of a bear that was shot and killed on a beach in Homewood, according to a Channel 4 News report and BEA...
14th bear killed in Nevada bear hunt
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 3:43pmCARSON CITY (AP) - The 14th bear in Nevada's inaugural bear hunt has been killed.Nevada Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy says a 250-pound male was killed by a hunter Monday in the Pi...
Reno man who killed first bear in Nev. hunt guilty
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:27amRENO, Nev. (AP) - A gun safety instructor who bagged the first bear killed in Nevada' first-ever bear hunting season admitted on Monday he did so illegally with the help of bait.Timothy Kawelmacher...
