
Deputy Minister of Forestry of Primorye Alexey Surovy said that 30-40% of information about bears visiting people in the region is not confirmed when checked on site, which diverts hunting control resources from real cases.
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In the Primorsky Territory, cases of bears entering populated areas have been recorded, which requires verification by hunting authorities.
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About 30-40% of information about bears visiting people in Primorye is not confirmed.
All reports of bear attacks are verified locally, which diverts resources and resources to fake cases.
VLADIVOSTOK, October 6 – RIA Novosti. About 30-40% of information about bears visiting people in Primorye is not confirmed, said Deputy Minister of Forestry and Wildlife of the Primorye Territory Alexey Surovy.
He noted that all reports received by the hunting control are checked locally.
“In fact, it turns out that about 30-40% of the information is not confirmed. Someone somewhere heard something, saw something, and is not an eyewitness himself, but reported to the hunting control service that a bear attacked a person. Ultimately, this diverts forces and resources, and specialists who could really help the citizen are involved in working out these fake cases,” Surovy told reporters.

A delegation of environmental specialists from the DPRK visited the Land of the Leopard national park in Vladivostok and expressed interest in the Russian experience in studying and protecting the Far Eastern leopard and the Amur tiger, discussing the possibilities of joint research and cooperation in preparation for the second meeting of the subcommittee on environmental protection of the intergovernmental commission of the Russian Federation and the DPRK.

Since the beginning of the year, eight cases of bear attacks on people have been recorded in the Primorsky Territory, all of them non-fatal. As a rule, attacks are provoked by humans, especially hunters and wild plant gatherers, said Deputy Minister of Forestry of the region Alexey Surovy.

According to UNICEF, a strong El Niño event between October and December 2026 will cause unusually wet or dry conditions, affecting more than 347 million children in one hundred countries and increasing the risk of floods, droughts, displacement, malnutrition, water shortages and disease outbreaks.

The population of brown and Himalayan bears in the Primorsky Territory has almost doubled over the past 10 years, said Deputy Minister of Forestry and Wildlife of the region Alexey Surovy. At the same time, the production limits have been increased: up to 1031 individuals of brown bear and up to 498 individuals of Himalayan bear for the entire region.

In Primorye, over 109 reports of conflict situations with bears have been recorded this year, of which 77 cases have been confirmed, including 36 bears entering populated areas, said Deputy Minister of Forestry and Wildlife of the region Alexey Surovy.

Brown bears in Chukotka this year have not yet hibernated at their usual time - late September - early October. The delay is due to the prolonged thaw and the physical condition of the animals. The region's wildlife conservation service reports that clubfoot is in no hurry to hibernate, and game managers and ecologists are predicting where they will be found and developing precautionary measures.