A bear posing a threat to people at Lake Tahoe was killed Wednesday by the Nevada Department of Wildlife.

It’s an indication this summer could be a particularly busy season for conflicts with the animal in Nevada, officials say.

The 3-year-old male black bear was darted at Glenbrook and later chemically euthanized in Reno, said Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy.

The bear had demonstrated behavior — including trying to go inside homes–that convinced officials it posed a danger to humans, Healy said.

“It just was not acting wild and it was a very dangerous bear,” Healy said. “It was climbing on top of cars and trying to enter homes. It was just way too familiar with people.”

Since early July, state Department of Wildlife officials have captured and later released five other bears that wandered into neighborhoods.

When released, the bears were subjected to what officials describe as “aversion conditioning”–being shot with rubber bullets and chased by trained dogs in an effort to discourage future contact with humans.

The bear killed Wednesday, previously captured as a cub in Carson City in 2011 and again in Glenbrook last year, was deemed to be too dangerous to keep alive.

“We’re pretty confident we do all we can to keep bears alive and wild,” Healy said. “We only do this as a last resort.”

Critics contend the Department of Wildlife is far too eager to kill bears in Nevada.

“Here we go again,” said Ann Bryant, founder of the non-profit organization The Bear League, established in the late 1990s with the goal of minimizing conflicts between people and Tahoe bears.