Russia Probes Bear Attacks, as Official Says Town Under ‘Siege’
Prosecutors say local officials failed to control bear numbers as at least 14 people were killed in attacks across Russia this year.
- Prosecutors opened a criminal negligence probe Wednesday into six bear attack deaths in Russia's Krasnoyarsk region over one month, accusing local officials of failing to control bear numbers.
- Russia's brown bear population has more than doubled since 1990, from around 130,000 to almost 308,000 individuals, yet the Investigative Committee stated local officials 'failed to take measures to regulate the predator population or prevent them from appearing in areas inhabited by people.'
- Two pensioners were mauled near Podtyosovo earlier this month, followed by a 40-year-old factory worker killed on September 6 and three others in subsequent weeks, with a 39-year-old logger becoming the latest victim early Wednesday.
- Dmitry Buchenik, deputy head of Khakassia region, reported Wednesday that the forest town of Abaza, home to around 10,000 people, was 'effectively under siege by bears' on all sides, with three bears killed during the encroachment.
- While national statistics show bear attacks remain constant at around 20 to 30 annually according to Russia's natural resources ministry, local media and officials have expressed alarm about rising numbers, highlighting tensions in Siberia's remote regions.
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6 People Killed by Bears in Russia in One Month as Siberian Town Finds Itself 'Under Siege'
At least six people have been killed in bear attacks in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia in a month, prosecutors said Wednesday. An official in the neighboring Khakassia region said […] The post 6 People Killed by Bears in Russia in One Month as Siberian Town Finds Itself 'Under Siege' appeared first on The Western Journal.
At least six people have died in bear attacks in the Siberian Krasnoyarsk region of Russia in a single month, the local prosecutor's office said Wednesday. NHL player Andrei Kuzmenko also lost his father in a bear attack in the autonomous republic of Tuva this week. And officials in the Khakassia region say the city of Abaza is under "siege" by bears. The number of the beasts in Russia has more than doubled in recent decades, and authorities the…
There have been several fatal bear attacks in Siberia, and a town of 10,000 people has been surrounded by bears. The number of brown bears in Russia has been increasing rapidly.
The brown bear population has increased to more than 26,000 animals in the Krasnoyarsk area.
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The Independent (US)Siberian town ‘under siege’ by bears as at least six people killed in just a month
At least 14 people have been killed in bear attacks across Russia since January this year
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