Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov signed a decree to exclude the brown bear from the list of species whose production is regulated by annual limits. The document has just been sent to the Ministry of Justice, so the official state registration is not yet complete. But in truth, everything is at the highest level: they want to declare the bear a "harmful species", and it will be possible to kill a paw without limits.
An alleged "discussion" was held in Moscow. I already said before that this is pure profanity, where there is no dialogue. This is confirmed by the publication Rossiyskaya Gazeta. I would like to quote their material:
""Chess for beltless, legged cannibals" - this is literally how hunting social networks reacted to the news that the Ministry of Natural Resources sent a state registration order to Russia's Ministry of Justice to cancel the annual limits on the production of brown bears."
As far as I understand, there is no need to explain to anyone that bears do not eat people. This can happen in extreme cases and is considered an anomaly. In total, this year we had several dozen conflicts with bears, while in 2014, for example, 166 conflicts were recorded at once. several times higher than in 2026. But no one but you and me talks about it.
So, the minister signed the decree on the same day that the event "Bears, jackals and other wild predators: going out to people and regulating numbers" was held in Moscow.
I also quote the publication:
"The Atrium of Gostiny Devor in Moscow on Ilyinka Street, near Red Square and the Kremlin, was chosen as the venue for this "expert discussion", as stated by the organizers. And the date coincides with the exhibition of weapons and hunting goods ORELEXPO-2026, which took place in the same place, within the same walls.
This is a direct demonstration of the commercial interests of the sport hunting industry: it looks like a "discussion", but then there is the advertising of weapons and equipment.
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