All over the Angara region will be banned from visiting forests due to the invasion of bears

The Governor of the Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev announced the initiative to introduce a high-alert regime in the entire region due to the invasion of bears. The regime limits people’s access to forests. The decision was supported by the regional GU EMERCOM of Russia, the relevant documents are “already being prepared”.

In his social networks, Mr. Kobzev justified the decision with alarming statistics. Every day, 50-60 reports of bears entering the zone of settlements, about meetings of people with bears in suburban forests are recorded. The situation is relevant for almost all areas of the Angara region. As of September 17, three bear attacks on people with a fatal outcome were recorded in the region.

As of the end of the day on September 17, a decision was made in the Irkutsk region to regulate the number of 353 bears that pose a danger. Of this number, 176 problem animals have already been produced.

In the Angara region and neighboring Buryatia, due to bear attacks, hiking trails were closed, some educational institutions were transferred to remote mode.

More in the material “Kommersant” “Predator has come”.

Vlad Nikiforov