Russia’s Irkutsk region declares high alert as bear sightings surge

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How it spread - 13 original reports

1. Sat, 19 September 2026

   1 report
   • azernews.az19:15first to report
     Russia’s Irkutsk region declares high alert as bear sightings surge

     A high-alert regime has been declared in Russia’s Irkutsk Region amid a sharp increase in cases of bears appearing near people.

2. Wed, 23 September 2026

   4 reports
   • straitstimes.com11:51
     Russia probes bear attacks as official says town under ‘siege’

     At least six people have died in bear attacks in Siberia as officials investigate negligence amid a rising bear population threatening local towns. Read more at straitstimes.com.

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)16:34
     Bear attacks kill 6 in Siberian region this month, prompting negligence investigation

     Russian investigators accuse local authorities of failing to respond to repeated warnings about bears entering populated areas

   • iDNES (Czechia)16:35
     Obklíčené město, zohavení senioři. Rusy na Sibiři zabíjejí přemnožení medvědi

     Nejméně šest lidí zemřelo během tohoto měsíce kvůli útokům medvědů v ruském Krasnojarském kraji, který zaujímá podstatnou část Sibiře. Informovali o tom vyšetřovatelé, kteří zjišťují, zda úřady nezanedbaly kontrolu populace těchto šelem. Jedno město v sousední Chakaské republice je podle místního činitele v obležení medvědů.

   • Die Zeit (Germany)23:00
     Krasnojarsk: Tödliche Bärenangriffe in Russland - Ermittler schreiten ein
3. Thu, 1 October 2026

   1 report
   • Channel News Asia09:48
     As bear encounters surge, Japan looks beyond culling

     Japan’s estimated 58,000 bears are increasingly coming into contact with people, prompting authorities to rethink how they manage the population.

4. Sat, 3 October 2026

   2 reports
   • keyt.com04:01
     Deadly bear attacks are rattling Russian Siberia. Why now?

     By Arina Porkhovnik, CNN (CNN) — When Sofa, 28, was sent a video of a bear in the yard of her former home in central Siberia, it made her sit up.

   • Index.hr (Croatia)10:59
     Medvjedi ulaze u dvorišta u Rusiji, u mjesec dana ubili 16 ljudi. Pogledajte snimke

     GLADNI medvjedi u Sibiru masovno ulaze u naselja i napadaju ljude, a samo tijekom rujna zabilježeno je najmanje 16 smrtnih slučajeva.

5. Sun, 4 October 2026

   1 report
   • Novinky (Czechia)15:01
     Medvědi v Rusku zabíjejí u domů i ve stanech. Za jejich odstřel je odměna

     V některých částech Sibiře se i obyčejná cesta do přírody změnila v hazard se životem, stačí už jen vyjít před dům, vyrazit na houby nebo přespat ve stanu. Rusko letos zasáhla série smrtelných útoků medvědů, při nichž podle dostupných údajů zahynuly nejméně dvě desítky lidí. Země proto plánuje výrazněji regulovat jejich populaci.

6. Wed, 14 October 2026

   1 report
   • thenews.com.pk19:25
     Russia cracks down on AI bears as real attacks spread fear: What to know

     Russian authorities have fined several people for spreading fake bear images generated by artificial intelligence, as a rise in real-life attacks has heightened public concern over wildlife...

7. Sat, 17 October 2026

   1 report
   • South China Morning Post06:13
     Over 3,000 bears culled in Russia after wave of deadly attacks: ‘we’ve never had this’

     Seeing what looked like a brown blob in a tree while driving through Siberia’s Irkutsk region, 36-year-old Daria Tyurneva pulled over, curious to get a better look. She was not expecting to find a bear cub, perched on a branch, several metres up. “We stopped, without turning off the engine or taking off the gear, because we knew the mother could be somewhere nearby,” Tyurneva said, showing a phone video she recorded of the bear. Her sighting was one of several to spook Russians in recent...

8. Mon, 19 October 2026

   2 reports
   • Japan Times03:56
     ‘We’ve never had this’: Bear sightings spook Russia

     At least 26 people have been killed in bear attacks this year, seven of which were in Siberia's Krasnodar region, according to Russian state media.

   • Le Figaro (France)08:37
     La population d'ours explose en Sibérie, faisant craindre de nouvelles attaques

     Daria est la femme qui a vu l’ours... «perché sur un arbre» au bord d’une route en Sibérie. Un épisode insolite qui illustre l’intrépidité d’ours de plus en plus nombreux et dont les attaques ont causé plus de vingt morts cette année en Russie.