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LAKE TAHOE, California ( KGO ) -- The fight to save the life of a mama black bear in Lake Tahoe is reaching a fever pitch. Tahoe residents recently gathered to say "no" to the killing of bear #753, more affectionately known as Hope, and always close behind, her cub named Bounce.

"It's just no, we're going to kill her. She's going to die," said Ann Bryant, Executive Director of the Bear League.

The Department of Fish and Wildlife has labeled the mama, a problem bear, announcing this summer it planned to euthanize her, citing multiple break-ins.

But despite public outcry, the department is doubling down: "Bear #753 has been approved for lethal removal with the hope of getting its cub into wildlife rehabilitation so that it has a chance to live in th

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