More than 330 bears that posed a danger to people were eliminated in Buryatia

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In Buryatia, over 330 bears that posed a danger to people were eliminated.

More than 80 hunters are involved in the protection of populated areas, who go out to survey the territory at the request of citizens.

Experts ask residents of the republic to refrain from going into the forest and staying near forested areas.

MOSCOW, October 3 - RIA Novosti. More than 330 bears that posed a danger to people were eliminated in Buryatia, the Republican Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Burprirodnadzor) reported on Saturday.

“The situation with bears entering populated areas in Buryatia remains difficult. Burprirodnadzor receives about 15-20 reports of exits per day... To date, 331 bears that posed a threat to human life and health have been regulated,” the report says.

Over 80 hunters are involved in protecting populated areas; upon each request, together with state hunting inspectors, they go to survey the territory.

Particular attention is paid to those areas where repeated outbreaks are recorded, Burprirodnadzor emphasized. Thus, over the past 24 hours, teams have examined the outskirts of Ulan-Ude, Bichursky, Zaigraevsky, Kabansky, Pribaikalsky, Zakamensky, Selenginsky and Barguzinsky districts. The largest number of exits was registered in the Kabansky district.