In Myadel region again caught a bear on the promenade — this time right near the village

At the village, on the highway, in the woods and right in the house. This autumn, the clubfoots seemed to conspire to remind themselves. Somewhere their appearance causes only fright and dozens of comments in social networks, and somewhere it ends in tragedy. And while some calculate losses and wonder whether the beast will return, others sum up terrible statistics. Why bears increasingly come to people and what it turns out at different poles of the planet, found “SG”.

Very close to the houses... The Myadel district is uneasy again. This time the brown bear was spotted in the field right on the approaches to the village of Brusy. The distance from the predator to the extreme residential houses was only about 100 meters - you can say, at hand. On the footage posted in social networks, a massive beast is captured, which is rapidly carried away towards the forest. Against the background, a loud, alarmed barking of dogs is heard trying to ward off an uninvited guest. Apparently, the clubfoot did not plan to stay, but the very fact of his presence so close to housing made the villagers pretty nervous.

As Natalia Kolbun, the chairman of the Svatkovo rural executive committee, told the SG correspondent, the bear was seen by people who were going to work in the morning. They noticed a beast that stood near the village. Then he turned and ran into the woods. According to the interlocutor, this most likely happened on November 2. And although bears in the area are not so rare, it was the first time that it was spotted so close to residential buildings in Brusy.

- People used to say that there was a bear walking around the area, we heard that a lot. But it is near the Brusovs, so close to residential buildings, this is the first time. Wolves usually come. And last year there were cases that predators ate dogs in the village. That's why residents are afraid. No one knows how a wild beast will behave, this is understandable, the villager explained.

Despite close acquaintance with the clubfoot, mushroom pickers in the forest still walked. Picking foxes, cranberries. But after what happened, they became more careful. Fear is also caused by the fact that the bear was seen not only near the Brus. In the summer, he was noticed near the village of Zhelezniki, then in the Sloboda village council. In short, the clubfoot masters the Myadel region widely and confidently. “A lot of places have seen bears, fixed on the phone and on the photo, and on video,” added the local resident. - People go to the woods anyway. But, of course, we must be afraid, be careful. If you do not protect yourself, then a wild beast - especially. Wild beasts of people are not afraid of the bear, but the locals have enough problems without it. Foxes, according to the chairman of the village council, scurry in almost every village. They are not afraid of people, they come to the courtyards, walk the streets. They're even in the district. That's the only way a bird is eaten. Local chickens have long been kept locked up, but this does not always save.

- Nothing can be done about them. I bought 20 young chickens. They were fenced with a net, in the afternoon they went out into the pen, and at night they had to go into the barn. But I forgot to close the shutter once. And the fox broke the net overnight, found a small hole and pulled out all the birds, Natalia Kolbun said.

There are also very disturbing cases. A couple of years ago, in the village of Rudevichi, residents began to complain about a fox that was throwing itself at people, apparently rabid. People walked with sticks, afraid to go out. Called both housing and security services. But in the village you can not shoot. And outside it, the fox will go away - and where it hides there, try to find it.

- But then, because the fox is rabid, they're about two or three weeks old, and they die. This crook disappeared, the problem was solved by itself, Natalia Kolbun recalled.

A separate headache is moose on the roads. According to the interlocutor, in the morning you go to work – it is still dark outside, you need to be extremely careful. The road is so close that moose come to it often. But bunnies, according to villagers, have become rare. They used to jump, but now predators eat them. While Belarus considers the visits of bears who do not hesitate to approach the villages, the world counts on human lives. So, in Russia since the beginning of the year bears tore 30 people. The last death was recorded on November 2 in the Tomsk region: the body of a 62-year-old man with numerous injuries was found in the taiga. This is the third such case in the region in a year. Leadership in the number of tragedies is held by the Krasnoyarsk Territory, where nine people did not survive after encounters with bears. Among the victims was one of the best hunters of the region Vitaly Elfimov – a man who seemed to know about the habits of the beast everything. The predator has been eliminated, but the man cannot be returned. A day earlier, a polar bear attacked a road worker in Taimyr. Experts associate the frequent attacks with the failure of the harvest of familiar feed against the background of population growth. The hungry beast goes where it is possible to feed, and increasingly the victims are people.

And in Canada, a grizzly tore mother and daughter, walking near the house. The attack took place on the popular tourist trail Snooka West a few kilometers from the town of Bella Kula. In early November, 48-year-old Jenny Balcarras and her 20-year-old daughter Sela Reed went for a walk and never returned. The next day, the family filed a report to the police. On November 3, searchers found Balcarras' corpse, and the next day they found the remains of her daughter. Officials confirmed that the women were attacked by a bear. The trail, by the way, is only a five-minute drive from Balcarras House. British Columbia conservationists set up traps in the area. But mothers and daughters will not help.

In Japan, unfortunately, everything is not smooth either. In October, residents of the city of Hadano repeatedly noticed an Asian black bear near Koboyama Park, located next to houses and shopping arcades. On October 20, the city authorities caught the animal and released it in the Tanzawa Mountains, ten kilometers from the place of capture. Three days later, the predator reappeared in the same area. Authorities closed hiking trails and set a trap. At about six in the morning, the beast was found. According to the mark on the ear, experts confirmed that this is the same male 1.4 meters high and weighing about 92 kilograms. Given that the animal returned to the densely populated area so quickly, the authorities, together with the prefecture, decided to get rid of the beast. The bear was put to sleep with anesthesia, after which he was given a lethal injection.

IT HAPPENS!

Sleeping on the couch

In the village of Negotka in the north of the Tomsk region of Russia, the bear climbed into a residential house, staged a pogrom there, ate and fell asleep on the sofa. There were no owners at the time. And the beast, apparently, decided that since there are no owners, then you can stay. He turned everything he could, ripped open the refrigerator, broke the table and the cabinet from the headset. I took pictures from the walls. Finding something to eat, the beast ate and went to bed. In the morning, relatives of the hostess came to heat the oven and feed the cats. They heard snoring and found the bear sleeping peacefully on the sofa.

FAVOURABLY

Brown introvert

In Alaska, a bear named Nuggett received an award for his ability to hide well. The U.S. Forest Service, which oversees the Tongass National Forest, awarded him the Introvert of the Year Award. Unlike relatives who are actively fighting for a place for fishing near waterfalls, this male baribal prefers to keep in the shade and watch from the sidelines.

Reserve staff note: Nuggett came here only two years ago and fell in love with the modest size and reddish color. In the first season, he ate the remains of foreign prey, but gradually learned to catch salmon himself. Most often it is noticed in the crevice between the stones at the lower waterfalls. From there, he watches the larger and more aggressive bears, hesitant to assert a place in the hierarchy. Rangers say this case shows that the ecosystem of the Anan Creek is rich enough to feed even such small and gentle bears.

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