Bear Last Seen 200 Years Ago Returns To Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Belarusfeed
7 April 2020, 17:31
While the humans are shut in at home in coronavirus lockdown, animals all over the planet are reclaiming their territory. Even thought Belarus hasn’t introduced quarabtine, brown bears are coming back to Belovezhskaya Pushcha.
A camera in the national park captured a brown bear wandering in the woods. Last time these dangerous animals were seen there 200 years ago. The brown bear in Belarus is listed in the Red Book. Despite a 80-year ban on bear hunting, there are only 80-100 individuals now.
In the 18th century there were many bears in the Pushcha forests. Then intense hunting was explained by the fact that it was dangerous for game and zubrs.Cases of bear attacks on zubrs undoubtedly took place, but usually these animals could stand up for themselves.
At the beginning of the 19th century, under the pretext of combating predators, bear hunting sharply intensified. Probably, the beast was hunted not only because of its skin, but also because it interfered with beekeeping.
The slaughter of the predator led to the fact that in 1846 the last Pushcha bear was killed. Only half a century later, in 1937, the Polish Forestry Administration tried to breed bears in Pushcha by importing them from other places.
Seven young bears were brought from Polesie at the age of about one and a half years each, but soon most of them were killed. In 1938, a pregnant female was brought to the park from Poznan Zoo. It gave birth to two cubs, and the whole family was released into the wild.
Also, during the Second World War, the Nazis released two more bears into the forest, which injured and killed people, and were soon shot.
The introduction of bears into Belovezhskaya Pushcha was raised in 2011 after German scientists proposed to restore the brown bear population. The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus has joined the project, but, unfortunately, it was never implemented.
7 April 2020, 17:31
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A camera in the national park captured a brown bear wandering in the woods. Last time these dangerous animals were seen there 200 years ago. The brown bear in Belarus is listed in the Red Book. Despite a 80-year ban on bear hunting, there are only 80-100 individuals now.
In the 18th century there were many bears in the Pushcha forests. Then intense hunting was explained by the fact that it was dangerous for game and zubrs.Cases of bear attacks on zubrs undoubtedly took place, but usually these animals could stand up for themselves.
At the beginning of the 19th century, under the pretext of combating predators, bear hunting sharply intensified. Probably, the beast was hunted not only because of its skin, but also because it interfered with beekeeping.
The slaughter of the predator led to the fact that in 1846 the last Pushcha bear was killed. Only half a century later, in 1937, the Polish Forestry Administration tried to breed bears in Pushcha by importing them from other places.
Seven young bears were brought from Polesie at the age of about one and a half years each, but soon most of them were killed. In 1938, a pregnant female was brought to the park from Poznan Zoo. It gave birth to two cubs, and the whole family was released into the wild.
Also, during the Second World War, the Nazis released two more bears into the forest, which injured and killed people, and were soon shot.
The introduction of bears into Belovezhskaya Pushcha was raised in 2011 after German scientists proposed to restore the brown bear population. The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus has joined the project, but, unfortunately, it was never implemented.
