Four children among those hit by the infection which has spread from a beast slaughtered this year.

Mitrofan Tretryakov, 69, was badly wounded, but managed to call rescuers as the predator escaped.

Sea creature known to be the first warm-blooded fish weighed more than a ton. 

FSB smash smuggling ring with goods intended for China as traditional medicines and food delicacies.

Lame, exhausted and confused animal seeks out help from the local police in Olyutorsky district of Kamchatka.

Alexey Ivanovsky, 36, was ‘clinically dead’ after skin on his head, back and buttocks was ripped off, and leg amputated.

A gnawed to bones killer whale found by a nature reserve ranger.

Ivan and Lubov Leshchenko keep the animals in the backyard of their village of Dubovy Kliuch - Oak key - in the Far East of Russia.

Orphaned female, attracted by smell of food, spent several months at the shift workers’s base.