
AI-generated summary
Since the spring, Russia has recorded at least 22 fatal bear attacks on people in several regions, indicating an increase in human-wildlife conflicts in the fall.
Brief retelling from RIA II
The owner of the Crimean zoos "Taigan" and "Skazka" Oleg Zubkov believes that bears coming to the borders of populated areas and attacks on people will decline and end by November-December.
According to him, the trend of bear attacks on people this year is extremely dangerous and will be repeated if preventive measures are not taken to protect people.
Since the spring, Russia has seen at least 22 fatal bear attacks on people in several regions.
SIMFEROPOL, October 4 - RIA Novosti. The emergence of bears to the borders of populated areas and attacks on people will decline and end by December, Oleg Zubkov, the owner of the Crimean zoos “Taigan” and “Skazka”, shared his opinion in a conversation with RIA Novosti.
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“Bears’ visits to people and attacks will decline. This will end in November-December. Now the bears are active in autumn, but soon they will go into hibernation,” Zubkov said.
At the same time, according to him, the trend that can be traced this year with bear attacks is extremely dangerous and will be repeated if preventive measures are not taken to protect people.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Outings of bears to populated areas and attacks on people will be reduced and will end by November-December 2026
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