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A mother bear and her cub enter the garden through an unfenced part from the forest to eat a wild pear.
Visits to the botanical garden in Nalchik were temporarily limited due to the periodic appearance of a mother bear and her cub, the regional Ministry of Natural Resources reported.
On Wednesday, a video appeared on the Internet with a note handwritten on a piece of paper and attached to a fence with a message that the botanical garden in Nalchik has been closed since October 7 for safety reasons, as a mother bear and her cub are walking through its territory.
“The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic informs that due to the appearance of wild animals on the territory of the botanical garden (a mother bear with a bear cub), for the safety of visitors, access to the botanical garden is temporarily limited,” the message says.
According to the administration of the botanical garden, cases of movement of a she-bear with her cub are confirmed by the presence of traces, but the she-bear is not here all the time, she periodically comes and goes.
“A wild pear grows in the botanical garden, a bear comes to feast on the gifts of nature. The botanical garden has practically no fence on the water intake side, and the bear calmly moves from the forest side across the river and comes to the garden,” the ministry added, noting that the situation is under control.

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