Authorities may remove bears from restricted species status after attacks

The Russian government will prepare measures to regulate the population of bears due to attacks on people. In particular, the authorities will consider removing them from the status of a limited species in some regions. This is written in a press release of the office of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev following the meeting.

Over the past 30 years, the number of brown bears, which are the main species in Russia, has more than doubled. Now there are more than 300 thousand individuals. Obviously, with the growth of the population, the number of problems also increases, Patrushev said.

The Deputy Prime Minister considers it necessary to allocate additional funding to individual regions to regulate the population. The list of subjects and the draft order on financing will be prepared in the near future, he said. The government is also working on regulatory changes that "will allow regions to make additional decisions quickly" on population regulation, including de-registration.

The head of the Ministry of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov at the meeting proposed to establish basic standards for the number of predators for each specific area. He noted that the situation in 2026 is complicated by the lack of a feed base for bears. Dmitry Patrushev instructed to organize headquarters at the site of the Ministry of Natural Resources with the participation of regions and interested departments to develop solutions.

In recent weeks, 19 people have been killed in bear attacks in Siberia and the Far East. The highest mortality was recorded in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, where six people have already died. In respect of officials of the local Ministry of Natural Resources opened a criminal case of negligence.

Details - in the material "Kommersant" "And now - furry".