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In August, a high alert regime was introduced in the Osinniki urban district due to increasing cases of bears entering populated areas. To prevent conflicts, patrols and feeding of animals in the forest are organized.
In Kuzbass, bears enter household plots and summer cottages due to unharvested crops.
In the urban district of Osinniki, a high alert regime was introduced in August and patrols were organized to prevent bears from escaping.
The administration of Osinniki organized feeding for bears in the forest area to prevent them from entering the city limits.
KEMEROVO, October 1 – RIA Novosti. Bears are entering household plots and summer cottages in the Kuzbass due to unharvested crops, Alexei Glumov, the acting head of the city of Osinniki in the Kemerovo region, told RIA Novosti.
In August, a high alert regime was introduced in the city district. There are also three mobile groups on duty there, which patrol areas near populated areas, driving the bear into its natural habitat or eliminating the animal in a legal manner. In September, the Osinniki administration announced the organization of feeding for bears in the forest to prevent them from entering the city limits.
“Residents who call 112 see traces of life activity, direct traces of bears, who say that they (bears - ed.) organize dens in their gardens, in fact, they themselves are to blame, because there are many abandoned garden plots around the village of Taizhina. They (people - ed.) do not remove the fruits there, which attracts animals. And there apples and pears begin to rot. This is how they lure these animals,” said Glumov.
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