bear turns on his trainer during performance

[Demovictory9]

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[James48]

1. Bears belong in the wild.

They are not domesticated pets.

[NCLefty]

2. Morons.

Kicking the bear for defending itself against this torture...

[alphafemale]

3. The bars claws and death had probably been removed.

Otherwise the guy would be dead.

[SunSeeker]

5. The video says the bear was "subdued by electric shock."

It appears they were sorta anticipating this eventuality, with an electric cattleprod on hand.

[Moostache]

4. WTF is an INFANT doing at THAT kind of performance?

The far left of screen at the beginning of the clip shows a woman holding an infant, probably 6-8 months old by the looks of things...in an open arena, about 25 feet from a grown bear.

Those people are just lucky the bear did not decide to attack the crowd instead of the trainer...nothing would have saved that baby from becoming a snack.

[Demovictory9]

6. news said the bear did eventually turn on the crowd

[onethatcares]

7. this is what passes for entertainment in Northern Russia

that and sitting around freezing while drinking vodka