Police eliminated a bear that posed a danger to residents of gardens near Ust-Ilimsk
Quick Look
- In a garden near Ust-Ilimsk in the Irkutsk region, a bear came to summer cottages and knocked on the door of the house.
- After the animal was declared dangerous to people, the police used weapons and neutralized it.
- The city has introduced a high alert regime due to bears entering populated areas.
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Why It Matters
In the Ust-Ilimsk region, cases of bears entering populated areas and gardening have become more frequent, which is associated with the search for food and changes in the habitat.
A bear came to gardening near Ust-Ilimsk in the Irkutsk region, knocking on the door of a country house.
The police eliminated the bear as it posed a danger to people.
A high alert regime has been introduced in Ust-Ilimsk due to bears entering the city and nearby gardens.
IRKUTSK, September 17 - RIA Novosti. The bear, which came last week to a garden near Ust-Ilimsk in the Irkutsk region and knocked on the door of a country house, was eliminated, according to official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.
On September 9, on social networks, residents of Ust-Ilimsk posted video footage from a video camera of one of the houses in the Rodnik SNT. It shows the bear walking around a garden plot and then walking up to a door, standing on its hind legs and knocking forcefully on the door. On Tuesday, according to police, the animal came to the Lesniki gardening center in the Ust-Ilimsk region. Police and representatives of the service for the protection and use of wildlife objects arrived at the scene.
“The arriving state traffic inspectors discovered a predator that posed a danger to people. In accordance with the Law on Police, one of the police officers used a weapon, neutralizing the beast,” Volk wrote in a channel on the Max platform.
She noted that the encounter with the bear was the second for the police officer in several days. Shortly before this incident, while on duty, he discovered a bear in the area of the observation deck on the left bank side of the Ust-Ilimsk hydroelectric power station dam. The predator threatening residents of nearby SNT has been neutralized.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
In Ust-Ilimsk, control over the entry of wild animals into populated areas will be strengthened
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Will additional measures be taken to prevent wild animals from entering populated areas?
- How often do similar incidents occur in this region?
- Is there an early warning system for predators approaching gardening areas?
