Rare case registered at Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve: mama bear with four cubs
A rare case has been registered in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, with a camera trap capturing a mama bear with four cubs at once, Anastasia Ryzhkova, who heads the reserve’s scientific department, told the sb.by portal
“Such cases are rare for Belarus. Our experts know only two similar facts: such a large number of cubs for bears is an exception to the rule,” the specialist explained.
The reserve reported that a mama bear with her cubs first got into the camera about a month ago on a bridge, in the vicinity of the remote village of Savsky Bor. Interestingly, the locals already signalled about a year ago that the bear family living nearby had got a large new addition. Now this assumption has been documented.
Bears don’t interfere in people’s lives, living side by side quite peacefully. The bear population at the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve and adjacent hunting farms is at least 75 individuals.
