A circus ringmaster was assaulted by a rampaging performing bear in front of a big group of youngsters and their parents.
Before entering the ring to perform its skills in the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, the beast suddenly became upset.
As the ringmaster and a tamer strained to control the brown bear, pulling on its leash to make it cooperate, as it sought to flee, the audience gasped in amazement.
One is heard shouting: ‘What’s wrong? Damn.’
The beast, which was leashed, was given treats by the trainers while it did a trick by jumping on stools and standing upright on its hind legs.
When the bear finished its trick, there were cheers of relief from the audience.
There was no barrier or crowd control.
There were cries for a ban on live animal acts in circuses as the video gained popularity online.
The woman who posted the footage said: ‘The bear was likely teased.
‘It got angry and began to kick and attacked the tamer.
‘But all ended safely.’
Another critic Elena Klish posted: ‘It was unbearably hot there, poor animals.
‘It is time to prohibit such circuses.’
Marina Gridina said: ‘My friend was at the performance.
‘She also said that the bear snapped. It looks like it is a bit aggressive.
‘And there was no proper barrier to the people watching.’
Another woman Ekaterina asked: ‘Have you seen the conditions in which these animals live?
‘I live nearby and often pass by the circus.
‘It is awful, with cramped iron cages, the stench is simply unbelievable.
‘A performing horse in a tent is just suffocating from the heat.
‘I can’t look at it, it’s so pitiful.’
The ‘Soviet Circus’ show was by the Zvezdny travelling troupe, from Novosibirsk.
The circus manager named Valentina told Port Amur newspaper that the performance had ‘gone well’.
‘The video could be spread by ill-wishers,’ she claimed.
‘We have security measures in place. Animals are on leashes, in muzzles…
‘The animal may show discontent, it is very hot. But there was no attack.’
Animal rights activist Irina Novozhilova has long demanded that all circuses using live animals—which are still widely attended in Russia—be banned.
‘No circus conditions will be humane for one simple reason,’ she said.
‘Training goes hand in hand with cruelty…
‘Circuses are always cruel beyond limits.
‘And circuses with animals should be banned.’
Related posts:
- A circus ringmaster was assaulted by a rampaging performing bear in front of a big group of youngsters and their parents.A circus ringmaster was assaulted by a rampaging performing bear in front of a big group of youngsters and their parents. Before entering the ring...
- Hundreds of children and parents witness horrific tiger battle in the circus ringA circus show was halted when two female tigers engaged in a vicious fight in front of youngsters and their parents. Extremely unsettling footage from...
- Incredible footage emerges of brazen hoon performing burnouts IN FRONT OF a police carA shocking video shows the moment a hoon brazenly burns rubber right next to a police vehicle on a city street. The driver of a...
- In photos taken less than two weeks after divorcing from her boyfriend of eight years, Julie Bishop smiled with a group of young miners. The former foreign minister shared joyful pictures of herself at an event hosted by the Mineral Resources mining services company on Instagram. According to reports, Ms. Bishop, 65, and her longtime lover David Panton, 61, broke up over dinner on July 1 at a restaurant in Sydney’s central business area. She was all smiles and seemed carefree in the photos shared on Monday night after speaking at a Mineral Resources professional development session. She captioned the photographs, saying, “Addressing employee grads at Mineral Resources’ professional development program, sharing my career story, the sliding-door moments plus a few tips!” Since late June, when she shared images of herself and Mr. Panton dining with Prince Charles in London, Ms. Bishop had not posted anything on Instagram. Ms. Bishop was spotted on Tuesday evening when she arrived in Canberra for the annual John Gee Memorial Lecture at the Australian National University (ANU). A cheerful Ms. Bishop was pictured posing with Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Ms. Bishop, who has been the university chancellor for two and a half years, gave the opening remarks for the event while elegantly attired in a black flowery top, pants, and heels in front of a packed crowd. At the event, which was held in memory of the late diplomat Dr. John Gee, Argentinian Mr. Grossi served as the main speaker. Since her breakup four nights prior, Ms. Bishop had not been seen in public until that moment. She made her first public appearance with Mr. Panton in 2014. Since then, the two have been seen together at a variety of occasions, including Karl Stefanovic and Jasmine Yarbrough’s wedding in 2018. When Mr. Panton declared that the relationship had reached its end on July 1, the couple went out to supper, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. For the foreseeable future, I’m going to concentrate on living in Manly and Melbourne, Mr. Panton told the outlet. “I wish Julie continued success in her outstanding work,”In photos taken less than two weeks after divorcing from her boyfriend of eight years, Julie Bishop smiled with a group of young miners. The...
- A senior citizen from New York is severely mauled by a bear close to Yellowstone National Park after it pounced on the 68-year-old and he was unable to use the bear spray he was carryingWhile camping close to Yellowstone National Park, a senior citizen from New York was brutally mauled by a grizzly bear and taken to the hospital....
- The chubbiest bear will win Fat Bear WeekFat Bear Week, a March Madness-style competition to determine the heaviest bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park, has returned. Monday, the park announced through Twitter...
- Dramatic Bear Rescue: Michigan Town Watches as Bear Plunges from Tree, Safely Relocated…By Jack Sylva for TDPel Media. A bear weighing 160kg caused quite a spectacle in Traverse City, Michigan, when it climbed 30ft up a tree...
- Drag Queen banned by London’s National Theatre for making a sex joke about children in front of horrified parents has been revealedThe drag queen who embarrassed shocked parents by making a sex joke about children and was consequently barred from the National Theatre has been identified....
- A large fire breaks out in Tower Hamlets, London, at apartments above a business center: A large fire is being tackled by 100 firemen, and the M25 can see a column of black smoke.Advertisements Huge fire breaks out at flats on top of business centre in London’s Tower Hamlets: 100 firefighters race to tackle massive inferno – with...
- Liz Cheney says Trump cannot turn January 6 deposition a “circus.”Liz Cheney, an outgoing representative from Wyoming, said on Sunday that she would not allow Donald Trump to use the committee’s planned deposition on January...