The scientist gave recommendations on how to avoid a bear attack

A loud sound may briefly stop the bear, but that doesn't mean the predator has given up on the attack. This was told by the teacher of Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University Dmitry Belenyuk. He advised against going into the forest alone and warned that deterrents did not guarantee safety.

“The best option is not to go out at all, of course. If you go out, it is desirable a group of people and with the presence of firearms. A hunter is needed, Beleniuk said.

One hundred percent protection from a predator, he called a smoothbore 12-16 caliber gun.

According to him, a whistle, rattle or other loud device can cause the bear to stop from the surprise. But this pause cannot be taken as the end of danger: the beast is able to continue the attack when it understands where the sound is coming from.

“He will stop, try to understand what is happening, where the sounds come from,” the teacher explained. Reusing the same device may no longer have the same effect.

One of the means that can buy time, Beleniuk called a false fire - a device that gives a bright flame. However, he does not consider it a guaranteed protection: according to the teacher, the bear may not leave, but stay nearby until the false fire burns out.

Speaking about dogs, Beleniuk stressed that he does not mean any pet, but dogs trained to work on a large beast. According to him, they can warn about the predator by barking, and in danger to distract him from the person. In this case, for the dogs themselves, such a meeting can end in death.

Losing vigilance, according to the teacher, is not worth even on the way back. A bear can follow a person or be near a place where he came from, such as a car.

“We went to the car, you start to open it, and here the bear pops up,” Beleniuk described the possible situation.

The output of bears to people Belenyuk associated with the growth of their numbers and competition for the territory. According to him, it is not necessarily a lack of food: large individuals displace smaller individuals who have to look for another place.

"They can't live on a square kilometer by ten," the teacher said. According to him, displaced animals begin to develop suburbs and suburban areas, where there is less risk of encountering a larger bear.

Beleniuk called for a reduction in the number of bears. The current situation is also associated with a decrease in interest in hunting: it requires costs and is associated with danger, and hide, meat and other products, according to him, difficult to implement. At the same time, the teacher believes that the shooting of mainly large males violates the natural regulation of numbers: they displace or kill smaller individuals.

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, provided by RBC, in 2026 there are 307.9 thousand brown bears in Russia against 130 thousand in 1990. The main reason for the release of animals to people in the department called affordable food in landfills, in open containers and near tourist centers. Feeding causes bears to lose caution near humans, the ministry has warned.

In the GU EMERCOM in the Kamchatka Territory, they advised to go to the forest with a company, move noisily along the route and not go off the popular tourist trails. When meeting with a bear, rescuers recommended not to approach him, not to run away and not to make sudden movements, and when the beast approaches, slowly retreat.