Who says bears can’t adapt to civilization? Does this look like nature’s bear food? “It’s easier to find leftover pizza than to go in the forest,” says Peter Tira, a California department of fish and wildlife spokesperson. Ann Bryant, director of Bear League, says “Hank the Tank” (photo here), an enormous black bear that’s been ransacking Lake Tahoe-area homes (story here), “didn’t get fat like that eating berries and grubs”.
