The brown bear is one of the most popular animals in Russia. It is

considered the B10
................................. symbol and it was voted the
NATION
mascot of the 1980 Olympics. This animal is a favourite character in

fairy tales and cartoons and although the brown bear may seem fierce

at times, it is actually а B11 ………………..……….. creature. This is
PEACE
the same species of bear that lives in the United States.

The B12 .............................................
bear population it Russia is in
LARGE
Kamchatka and is 12,000 strong. Recently the bears have faced a

number of B13 ..................................
problems. One of these has been
ECOLOGY
a drop in the number of salmon which the bears B14 ..........................
NORMAL
eat. As it becomes harder for bears to forage in the wild, some are now

approaching villages where they can find a possible source of food.