Bears may stop going to populated areas in Kamchatka within a few days if there is enough mountain ash and dwarf cedar

Researcher of the Kronotsky State Nature Reserve, game biologist Vladimir Gordienko said that bears may stop going to the populated areas of Kamchatka in a few days if there is enough rowan and dwarf cedar on the peninsula.

The biologist noted that if there is enough food, the bears will go to the mountains and continue to gain fat before wintering, but an accurate forecast is difficult due to the lack of information about the state of the food supply.

P.-KAMCHATSKY, September 11 - RIA Novosti. Bears may stop going to the populated areas of Kamchatka in just a few days if there is enough mountain ash and dwarf cedar on the peninsula, Vladimir Gordienko, a researcher at the Kronotsky State Nature Reserve and game biologist, told RIA Novosti.

As the authorities of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky previously reported, against the backdrop of increasing frequency of bear sightings in the city, since September 9, a high-alert regime has been in place for forces and services involved in ensuring the safety of residents.

“If there is a good harvest of dwarf pine nuts and mountain ash, if it is widespread, then literally within days this situation will change,” the scientist said.