In Lukhovits noticed a bear: clubfoot went to the road in the Olshan area

In Lukhovitsy near Moscow, local residents filmed a bear. The photos were published in the public “Lukhovytsy 24”. The pictures show the predator standing on the side of the road in the Olshan district, and then hurriedly hiding in the forest.

This case is not an isolated one: in 2026, people met with brown bears noticeably more often in the Moscow region.

According to the Ministry of Ecology of the Moscow region, since the beginning of the year, the department has received about 20 appeals from concerned citizens about bears. Traces of predators were found near Sergiev Posad, Pushkino, Istra, Volokolamsk and other settlements. In the Klinsky district, a bear was seen near the village of Spasskoe, and in the Taldom district, the beast ate apples at night outside a residential building in Kolbasino. In Lukhovitsy, the bear also came out to people in June 2026, when the predator appeared on the roadside, but showed no aggression.

According to experts, the number of brown bears in the region can now be up to 70-80 individuals. For comparison: for the two previous decades in the suburbs there were only 10-15 bears. About half of them are migratory animals coming from the Tver, Yaroslavl and Smolensk regions.

The main reason for access to housing environmentalists call the availability of food: unauthorized dumps of food waste and left by tourists garbage. It’s easier for a bear to flip a container than to spend hours looking for roots in the forest. Getting used to easy prey, the beast quickly ceases to fear man. In autumn, the need for bears in food increases - animals try to accumulate resources before hibernation, and young individuals lose in competition for territory and go to housing.

Another factor is the abnormally warm autumn. If the bear has not accumulated sufficient fat reserves, it may not hibernate and continue to wander in search of food. In this case, the animal can go to settlements and perceive a person near the usual place of feeding as a competitor. Protracted rains can also flood dens, forcing predators to seek new shelters.

Experts emphasize that the bear has no purpose to attack a person. However, when meeting a predator, you can not run away - running involves a hunting instinct. You should slowly retreat, without turning your back and without looking the beast in the eye. In the forest, it is recommended to behave noisily – talk loudly, sing or turn on music so that the animal knows in advance about the presence of a person and has time to leave. As a means of protection, you can take pepper spray or pyrotechnic false fire.