Bears have enough food in the region, so no additional population-control measures are needed, said the head of the Amur Tiger Center, Sergei Aramilev.
The situation involving bears in Primorye remains stable, with enough food in the taiga and no reported cases of animals failing to gain sufficient weight for winter hibernation, Sergei Aramilev, head of the Amur Tiger Center, told RIA Novosti on October 6.
Aramilev said attacks on people and domestic animals have decreased over the past two years. Alexei Surovy, deputy head of the regional forestry ministry, said there had been no fatal bear attacks on people in the region during that period.
Aramilev said attack numbers peaked in 2015 and 2020, but Primorye is not currently considered a high-risk area. He said there was no need for major changes to the region’s population-management policy.
The region does not pay bounties for shooting bears and does not plan to recruit additional hunters. Bears removed under population-management measures were in sufficiently good condition to hibernate, Aramilev said.