Arctic Russian region declares emergency as polar bears overrun area

Source: The Hill | February 12, 2019 | Aris Folley

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According to ABC News, authorities in the remote region have confirmed that a team of specialists will be arriving in Novaya Zemlya, Russia, to assist local officials with the removal of the bears.

Authorities said that the bears have been gathering in areas populated by humans in increasingly large numbers since late last year.

Alexander Minaev, the deputy head of the local municipal administration, told the Russian news agency TASS, that more than 50 bears have recently been discovered near the main population center in Novaya Zemlya.

Footage released by Russian outlets have also reportedly shown dozens of polar bears digging through trash at a garbage dump nearby and even one video reportedly showed a bear roaming through a building.

The events led to local authorities declaring a state of emergency on Saturday.

“I have been on Novaya Zemlya since 1983, but there has never been such an invasion of polar bears before,” Zhiganshi Musin, who heads Novaya Zemlya’s administration, told TASS.

“They are literally chasing people and going into the entranceways of housing buildings,” Musin continued. 

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