Bear entering tourist area causes panic in Turkey

ISTANBUL

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A bear caused panic after entering a tourist facility next to a national park in the Black Sea province of Artvin, Anatolian news agency reported today.

The bear was looking for its cub when it climbed over a wire fence, according to an official from the facility.

The facility's security cameras recorded the bear jumping over the fences. The bear entered the facility twice, but hurt nobody, the reports said.

"There is an increase in the numbers of bears," the owner of the facility said. "However, bears are harmless to us. They are [part of our natural] richness as well. They color up our lives."