The brown bear is one of the most popular animals in

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.