Number of Russians Killed by Bears Hits Record in Recent Weeks
Authorities have killed more than 230 bears as seasonal food shortages and waste dumps drive attacks on people, officials said.
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Russia has a bear problem — attacks are reported almost daily. Officials are killing ‘potentially conflict-prone’ bears and want greater powers to drastically reduce their population.
Reports of brown bear attacks on people have poured in almost daily from across Russia since late summer 2026. Here are just a few fatal cases from the past three weeks:
Throughout Russia, several attacks by brown bears on people were recorded in recent weeks, several of which were fatal, the media reported today.
In the autumn of the country, there were reports of an infestation of bears in the country, in Sakhalin, Kamchatka, in the Caucasus, in Kuzbassa, in Siberia, of an increasing number of people clashing with predators. The catalyser of interest in the subject was the tragic death of a tourist in Altai as a result of a bear attack. However, experts claim that 2026 is no different from the previous ones. The New Europe Gazette tried to understand wh…
The increase in the number of bear attacks on people in Russia is due to a poor harvest of berries and pine nuts in the Siberian taiga, said Pavel Sitnikov, an organizer of eco-tours. According to him, the brown bear is an omnivore, but mostly herbivorous.
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