Siberia is burning like never before and with dire consequences for us all. Victims of this dramatic situation are also many animals that are approaching humans to seek food and shelter.
Siberia is burning how it had never happened until now and with terrible consequences for all of us. Victims of this dramatic situation are also many animals that are approaching humans to seek food and shelter.
Wildlife in Siberia is coping with the terrible fire scene as best it can. The wild animals are so desperate that they flee the woods that have always been their home but now look more like gas chambers, due to the fires that continue to rage across nearly 3 million hectares.
While smaller animals choke on smoke, foxes and bears are getting closer and closer to inhabited centers.
In fact, all they can do is escape and seek safe shelter and food to survive. Fortunately, most of the residents are trying to do everything possible to help them.
As Angarsk Maya Fleishter, who lives near one of the many devastated woods, said:
“A little brown bear came out of the woods last night. He was all skin and bones, with obvious burn marks and so exhausted that he wasn't afraid of people. My husband gave the bear biscuits and water. At first the bear growled but then he swallowed the water and biscuits making everyone who was watching him cry and who spent the week suffocated by the fumes "
Panicked animals were seen in different areas: in the east and west of Lake Baikal, in the territory of the vast Krasnoyarsk region and in the coldest region of Russia, Yakutia.
A family of foxes came out of the woods and made their lair right next to a road, in plain sight of the workers at the Ichedinsky mine.
But unfortunately, wild animals can also pose a threat to humans and not all of their stories end well. Several days ago, young brown bears invaded one of the remote villages of the Yakutia region, killing several dogs.
In the village of Zamzor, in the Irkutsk region, a bear was killed just because he became aggressive and therefore considered a potential danger for the inhabitants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=sk4TgYuwyRE
Most large animals such as bears, deer, wild boars and wolves should be able to save themselves and escape the fire, according to Russian biologist Sergey Naidenko of the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution.
The animals that have given birth in this period, i.e. lynxes, foxes and hares, are most affected by the situation but to be really condemned are in particular the hedgehogs that move slowly and smaller animals such as mice, whose strategy to avoid the fire is to hide in holes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=90PfpSs26UU
The photos you see below were taken in Yakutia from photographer Natalia Negnyurova who stated that he wanted to draw attention to the threat facing animals in Siberia.
In fact, although the Ministry of Defense has involved the army to try to stop the fires, no intervention has been planned to help wild animals in distress.
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