Russia: an aggressive polar bear invasion has alerted a village

MOSCOW – A mbadive invasion of polar bears is causing panic in the Belushya Guba village, which is part of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, a colony located beyond the Arctic Circle of the Russian region. ; Arkhangelsk.

The authorities were forced to declare the "state of emergency" while 52 bears stormed the village in an aggressive manner.

The "state of alert continues" since last December, but it is the first time that animals present themselves with such a large flock. "I have been here since 1983, but I have never seen anything like it," Zhigansha Musin, CEO of Novaya Zemlya, told reporters in Meduza. "People, he added, are afraid to leave their homes and fear that their children will go to school and kindergarten."

However, local residents, knowing that the animal protection agency has not given the green light to kill bears, must be virtuous and try to keep the animals away by making noise and using other 'non-lethal' strategies. . This strange phenomenon may be related to the effects of climate change in polar areas and forces animals to forage beyond their usual areas. They thus come into contact with the human population, which was not the case before.

ANSA Agency