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This decision follows a year marked by 36 reported deaths and 87 incidents involving bear attacks.","category":"Science & Tech","area":"Russia","publishedAt":"2026-11-14T19:25:15.700Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-11-14T14:50:29.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-14T19:25:15.700Z","readTime":"2 min read","scores":{"trust":74,"critic":85,"hype":12,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 74: official ministry statement and figures cited, plus two independent full reports, with specific dates and origins.","critic":"Critic 85: explains why cull matters, provides specific data, notes unknown start date, and stays factual.","hype":"Hype 12: language is measured; no sensational adjectives or clickbait beyond the factual headline."}},"tags":["#Russia","#Wildlife","#Conservation","#BearAttacks","#PublicSafety"],"entities":["Russia","Ministry of Natural Resources","RIA news agency","Kamchatka peninsula"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Russia's Ministry of Natural Resources will permit the culling of up to 30% of brown bear populations nationwide.","The decision comes after 36 people were killed and 87 incidents involving bears were reported this year.","The ministry has allocated over $970,000 to fund the bear cull.","The brown bear population in Russia has more than doubled in the last three decades."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Russian government has established a cull of up to 30% of brown bear populations to manage numbers. This measure follows a year in which bear attacks resulted in 36 deaths and 87 reported incidents, according to RIA news agency. The Ministry of Natural Resources stated that the limit aims to better control bear populations and reduce attacks. The ministry also reported that over 12,000 instances of brown bears approaching people have been recorded this year."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The ministry has allocated more than the equivalent of $970,000 to finance the cull. The decision to remove limits and set a maximum quota for culling at 30% of the brown bear population in each region has been registered with Russia's Justice Ministry. The RIA report did not specify when the cull would begin or how long it would remain in effect. The figure for deaths was one more than reported earlier in the week following the killing of a security guard in the Kamchatka peninsula."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"According to government data, Russia's brown bear population has more than doubled in the last three decades, a trend partly attributed to shorter and milder winters. The ministry put Russia's total bear population at 308,000, with culling quotas varying by region, including 14% on Kamchatka and 19% in the Krasnoyarsk region of western Siberia."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on cull timing"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The RIA report gave no indication when the cull was to begin or how long it was to remain in effect, according to The Star Kuala Lumpur and Devdiscourse. Other reports do not mention the timing of the cull."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left-rated reports were published on this story. 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