Often bears encroaching towns are shot, but in Dalnegorsk they spared the life of 'too friendly' wild animal.

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

Some 15 massive skulls disovered inside a cave in the Ural Mountains, where the bears went to die in late Pleistocene.

Now male hunter claims he killed the bears in 'life or death' act to save her.

Fears another bear that also failed to hibernate for winter is also on the run near Vilyuchinsk.

Amazing footage shows the bears just 150 metres from the nearest house as shooting is criticised - but does little to deter predators.

A bowhead whale beached on the remote outpost in the Arctic Ocean, and the news spread fast among the island's bears.

The authorities in Bratsk have received more than 60 calls from residents complaining of bears on the streets and close to houses.

Wild animal ran amok in mall before being shot dead, sparking outcry from animal rights campaigners.