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Due to the warm weather this year, bears in the Bukovina mountains have abandoned their winter hibernation. Foresters filmed one of them playing with a haystack in the snow.
About this reported on the Facebook page of the state enterprise "Forests of Ukraine", reports Heading.
The published video shows a bear cub, which rolling a bale of hay across the snow the way they usually do when they want to make a snowman.
According to the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine", the bear had fun at one of the feeding grounds, where hunters lay out food for deer and roe deer.
"Due to the warm winter in the mountains of Bukovina, bears have abandoned their winter hibernation. They roam the hunting grounds in search of food. But these large predators not only look for food, but also find time for entertainment.
One of the brown bears was captured during games at the feeding ground of the Putylsky Forestry Department.", - says the description of the video.
However, residents should not worry, as predators will not approach populated areas, convinces Ruslan Rudy, the leading hunting expert of the Podilsky Forest Office branch.
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Experts reassure that bears will not approach settlements in search of food, because they are currently There is enough natural food in the forest.
"In the forest, bears have enough natural food... They wander along their usual routes and pose no threat to people. Moreover, at the slightest suspicion of danger, they immediately run away.", — emphasizes Rudy.
Last year, while counting animals in the hunting grounds of Bukovina, employees of the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine" 35 brown bears were counted. This year's census will begin soon, which will allow us to find out how the population of these predators has changed in the forests of the Chernivtsi region. Foresters will report on its results later.
