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

Vadim Klabukov, 23, paid with his life after flouting safety rules when he went to retrieve lost backpack in South Kamchatka nature reserve.

Moments later he is filmed running at top speed when the beast attacks.

Hunters’ fury as a wild beast makes off with a box filled with their picnic.

Hungry beast’s attack seen by anglers on other shore who shouted to warn him, but could do nothing to help.

The unusual swimmer stunned fishermen who said they never saw bears venturing so far out to sea.

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

The animal got into a habit of visiting rubbish dumps on remote Novaya Zemlya, say researchers.

Beast was seen daily on roadside begging for food from humans, but he fell for a cabbage pie bait and was returned to wild.

Vadim Klabukov, 23, paid with his life after flouting safety rules when he went to retrieve lost backpack in South Kamchatka nature reserve.