5 cities in Russia where you can meet a bear on the street

The fact that bears roam the streets in Russia is the main stereotype that everyone who has never been here believes. Every local knows (until a certain time) that this has nothing to do with reality. For example, a brown bear in Kostroma recently made a mess in the middle of the city. The monster went to the mall and frightened the locals so much that special services had to cordon off many parts of the city. But it seems the bear is no less frightened of humans – the poor man climbed a tree and fell asleep at a height of 15 meters after being injected with sleeping pills. Rescuers from the Ministry of Emergencies then had to lower the bear to the ground and take it back to the forest.

As you can imagine, this case is far from the only case. In recent years, it has become visible that animals stop being afraid of humans and leave the forests and head towards the city centers. According to researchers, hunters go in search of food. By the way, most clubfoot can be found near garbage cans or city dumps.

For lovers of bears, we have collected five more Russian cities where you can meet them on the street. Don’t think you can get along with them.

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In the fierce Magadan, residents have fed the bears so much that they now drive directly onto the country roads and literally stop the carts in the hope that they will be given food again. Last year, too, a little bear cub walked up to the downtown embankment as if nothing had happened.

By the way, in recent years there have been several cases of bear attacks on people in Magadan, with tragic results. Now discussions are in full swing to contain the population problem of these animals in the region.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

For residents of Kamchatka, bears no longer seem unusual. So situations in which animals walk the streets only drive tourists to a savage horror. Locals joke that this is clearly a city of bears, not people. So people with a good mental organization on the other end of Russia have absolutely nothing to do. Kamchatka bears are much more aggressive than anywhere else, and this is due to tourists who, with the new rules, invade their usual life and begin to leave food in the forest.

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

From June to August on Sakhalin, the heat of brown bears begins. This is called the mating season, when the animal is completely unpredictable. During this period, the people of the region do not enter the forest much and try to protect themselves at all costs. However, there are also those who do not follow the rules. For example, this summer, a group of friends were attacked by a bear in the middle of the forest. The men went for a walk and set up camp there. The animal smelled the food but did not attack the people, just wandering around the tent for a few hours. What do we know about luck next?

By the way, bears are frequent guests in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Its traces can be seen both in remote areas of the city and in sleeping areas. Every child on Sakhalin knows how to deal with predators. The main thing is not to give them food. Otherwise, the bear will get used to easy hunting and will always come near people.

Khabarovsk

You’ve certainly heard of the case when the clubfoot monster literally exploded into the Sunflower mall. Luckily it was night and there were no visitors in the store. Hunter smashed the mall door with his head and entered the foyer and walked calmly between the malls. Unfortunately, the bear was very dangerous, and therefore the special services decided to shoot the animal.

Chelyabinsk

This is probably the sweetest story you’ll read today. The fierce Ural bear was so tired that it hibernated in the city of Snezhinsk in the Chelyabinsk region. The situation was so unusual that it had to be discussed at the city government level. An emergency commission was convened in the city, which decided to protect the sleeping bear until spring. Experts placed camera traps, special barriers and information stands around the improvisation, which the bear built from improvised materials, and placed information on it that the bear sleeps here.