The Ministry of Natural Resources removes the limits and sets the maximum standard for shooting a brown bear in the regions at 30% of its population. This was done to regulate the population of the predator, which has killed 36 people since the beginning of the year. The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia has already prepared appropriate changes to the regulatory framework. Department orders are registered with the Ministry of Justice of Russia. In Russia, the population of brown bears is growing and approaching 308 thousand people. Since the beginning of 2026, senior officials have received more than 12,000 brown bear requests for people. About 87 attacks on people, 36 people were killed. In the current legislation, the brown bear remains a limited species, that is, the state allows up to 30% of the prey population to be destroyed, but there is no maximum limit in the area. Such values ​​are achieved only in certain hunting farms with a high number of bears. So, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the brown bear population has 26,631 people, and the region set the limit at 5,037 people, that is, 19%. Kamchatka is home to 24,225 brown bears, and production limits are set at 3,443 individuals, or 14% of the total population. In the Irkutsk region, with a brown bear population of 22,413 people, the limit was set at 4,098, that is, 18%. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the federal government is preparing additional measures to help regions regulate the number of brown bears. He offered to finance the costs of subjects for the shooting of so-called synanthropic bears (those that came to people, feed on the lands and nearby roads). The initial needs of the subjects are determined. So far, 13 regions have submitted applications. The total amount of joint funding will be more than 80 million rubles, the ministry said. Analytics on the most pressing issues and important news from partner channels, also read on our channel at MAX.

The Ministry of Natural Resources removes the limits and sets the maximum standard for shooting a brown bear in the regions at 30% of its population. This was done to regulate the population of the predator, which has killed 36 people since the beginning of the year. The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia has already prepared appropriate changes to the regulatory framework. Department orders are registered with the Ministry of Justice of Russia. In Russia, the population of brown bears is growing and approaching 308 thousand people. Since the beginning of 2026, senior officials have received more than 12,000 brown bear requests for people. About 87 attacks on people, 36 people were killed. In the current legislation, the brown bear remains a limited species, that is, the state allows up to 30% of the prey population to be destroyed, but there is no maximum limit in the area. Such values ​​are achieved only in certain hunting farms with a high number of bears. So, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the brown bear population has 26,631 people, and the region set the limit at 5,037 people, that is, 19%. Kamchatka is home to 24,225 brown bears, and production limits are set at 3,443 individuals, or 14% of the total population. In the Irkutsk region, with a brown bear population of 22,413 people, the limit was set at 4,098, that is, 18%. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the federal government is preparing additional measures to help regions regulate the number of brown bears. He offered to finance the costs of subjects for the shooting of so-called synanthropic bears (those that came to people, feed on the lands and nearby roads). The initial needs of the subjects are determined. So far, 13 regions have submitted applications. The total amount of joint funding will be more than 80 million rubles, the ministry said. Analytics on the most pressing issues and important news from partner channels, also read on our channel at MAX.