Helicopter deployed to scare aggressive polar bears from reindeer settlements on Yamal peninsula
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Seven polar bears, including a wounded mother bear with two cubs, were scared away by rescuers after they got dangerously close to reindeer herders at several locations on the Yamal peninsula. There are concern over rising numbers of the Arctic’s largest predators leaving their natural habitat and coming closer to humans.
A veterinarian will be sent to see if people can help the limping mother bear; the next step will be to sedate and air lift all seven bears further north away from the settlements
Siberian Times