The hunting season for beaver and otter continues, which will last until March 31, 2024.

According to Vyacheslav Soldatov, a senior state inspector of the state control department of Vitebsk Regional Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora, the permitted methods are rifle hunting from the approach, from ambush, from the approach on small boats (without engine or with the engine off), on burrows. The rifled weapon must have a muzzle energy of the bullet more than 1500 joules, and the cartridges of smoothbore are equipped with bullets or buckshot. In the gunless method, traps can be used. It is allowed to use all breeds of hunting dogs, except for hounds and greyhounds.