Brown bear numbers have increased in all regions, including Eurasia and North America

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The number of brown bears has increased in all regions of its habitat, including Eurasia and North America.

The reasons for the rapid increase in brown bear numbers remain unknown and require further study.

According to the expert, the real number of brown bears in Russia is higher than official data.

MOSCOW, October 5 – RIA Novosti. The number of brown bears has increased in all regions of its habitat, including Eurasia and North America, Alexey Vaisman, deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine “Hunting and Hunting Management,” told RIA Novosti.

“A previously unseen increase in numbers has been recorded throughout the brown bear’s range in both Eurasia and North America,” Weissman said.

According to the expert, the reasons for the rapid increase in the number of the predator remain unknown and require additional study.

“As long as the population continues to grow, the conflict situation (bears with people - ed.) will only increase,” he believes.

The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources previously reported to RIA Novosti that the number of brown bears in Russia has increased by more than 2.3 times since 1990 and amounts to 307.9 thousand individuals. At the same time, the most significant territorial groups of brown bears are concentrated in Siberia and the Far East. However, according to Vaisman, the real number of brown bears in Russia is higher than official data, since the accounting methods used do not give an accurate result.

President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Krasnikov, in an interview with RIA Novosti, stated that the increasing incidence of bear attacks on people is caused by climate change, population growth and a reduction in the food supply.

The Government of the Russian Federation is working on additional measures to regulate the population, including the possibility of removing the brown bear from the list of limited species of hunting resources.