Two Men Eaten by Bears in Russia

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Moscow : Russia | about 1 year ago

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Two men were devoured alive by a pack of bears in the region of Kamchatka in eastern Russia. The region, located about 7,500 miles away from Moscow is home to many mining areas and sites of geological research. It is one of the world largest remaining natural wildernesses, and is home to geysers snow-covered calderas, and collapsed volcanoes, where wildlife including puffins, sea eagles, and brown bears, such as the the ones that ate these men.

The men were both security guards at a mining site. The attacks have caused over 400 miners and geologists to refuse to return to work, for fear of being killed. Expeditions to kill the bears have been attempted, but dangerous climate makes attacks via helicopter difficult.

Officials attribute the attacks to environmental pressures on the bear population. Unbridled poaching of salmon, the bears' main source of food, has left the bears starving. An estimated 100,000 tons of salmon were illegally poached last year. The starving bears have begun to wander into more densely human-populated areas to search for food.

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