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    ARMENIAN WWF, LOCAL RESIDENTS ORGANIZE TO PROTECT BROWN BEARS

    Hurriyet
    Oct 28 2010
    Turkey

    World Wildlife Fund, or WWF, employees in southern Armenia are planning
    to start night time observation of gardens that attract brown bears
    to feed, the Caucasian Knot website has reported.

    Each year from September onward, Armenia~Rs Syunik region frequently
    sees bears invading fruit gardens, where they eat grapes, figs and
    pomegranates and cause damage to shrubbery and trees. So far the bears
    have caused the most significant property damage to the villages of
    Nrnadzor, Shvanidzor and Alvank.

    The WWF~Rs Armenian branch, along with local residents and employees
    at the Arevik National Park, has organized night time observations in
    order to both protect the bears and the environments where they feed.

    This year the Caucasus Protected Areas Fund has allocated $500,000
    to improve the protection level of the Khosrov Reserve, located in
    the Ararat region in the south of Armenia, which is populated by
    brown bears.




    From: A. Papazian
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