Komi wants to renew the payments for the production of bears and expand the hunting for them. Now bear hunting requires payment for a license, and its demand is decreasing. At the same time, the population of the animal grew: over five years the number increased by 20% - from 3,264 individuals in 2021 to 3,925 in 2025. Hunters harvest no more than a quarter of the allowed limit: the reason is long distances, high costs of transport and equipment - the area of ​​8 million hunting fields in Komi. During this year, 66 complaints were registered about the appearance of bears near populated areas - on roads, cemeteries and other places. This year it is allowed to shoot 12 bears, eight were killed. In particular, a bear that regularly came to the cemetery in the village of Siktivkar of Verkhniy Chov was shot.

Komi wants to renew the payments for the production of bears and expand the hunting for them. Now bear hunting requires payment for a license, and its demand is decreasing. At the same time, the population of the animal grew: over five years the number increased by 20% - from 3,264 individuals in 2021 to 3,925 in 2025. Hunters harvest no more than a quarter of the allowed limit: the reason is long distances, high costs of transport and equipment - the area of ​​8 million hunting fields in Komi. During this year, 66 complaints were registered about the appearance of bears near populated areas - on roads, cemeteries and other places. This year it is allowed to shoot 12 bears, eight were killed. In particular, a bear that regularly came to the cemetery in the village of Siktivkar of Verkhniy Chov was shot.