The key facts

  • About 2,000 bears have been harvested in Krasnoyarsk Krai since the start of the season, including population-control culls.
  • According to TASS, nine people have died from bear attacks in the region over the past few months.
  • Separately, there is discussion of the risk that bears in the Moscow region may not hibernate due to prolonged rains.

Season results in Krasnoyarsk Krai

About 2,000 bears have been harvested in Krasnoyarsk Krai since the start of the hunting season. According to Nikolai Maltsev, head of the state control and supervision department for wildlife at the regional Ministry of Natural Resources Nikolai Maltsev, this includes both recreational hunting and measures to regulate predator numbers. The figure gains context from attack statistics: according to TASS, nine people have died from bear attacks in the region over the past few months.

The situation in the Moscow region

Against the backdrop of news about the cull in Krasnoyarsk, the Telegram channel Mash reported that bears in the Moscow region may not enter winter hibernation due to unstable weather and prolonged rains: precipitation could flood their dens, forcing the animals to look for new places for winter sleep — in which case there is a risk they will not settle down and will begin roaming the forests of the Moscow region. According to the channel, more than a hundred bears are registered in Moscow Oblast; the animals have been spotted in the Shatura, Taldom and Klin districts. At the same time, as Gazeta.Ru previously reported, a wildlife expert ruled out an invasion of rogue bears in the Moscow region — meaning the channel's report about a possible failure to hibernate remains an unconfirmed forecast, not an established fact.