When someone goes to the circus, they expect to spend a pleasant afternoon with the family. No one imagines going to the show and getting terrified. Well, this is what happened to the spectators who came to enjoy the Russian traveling circus Anslhag .
According to the newspaper The New York Times, the star of the circus is none other than a Russian bear who makes a show of exercises and pirouettes with his tamer. However, this Wednesday something happened. The bear, about 300 kilos in weight , attacked his tamer by throwing him to the ground and giving him blows, from which he could escape after the bear received multiple kicks from another member of the circus and was shot with an electric gun .
The bear attacked his coach after receiving the order to push a wheelbarrow along the track while walking in an upright position , an act called clubfoot and the wheelbarrow in the garden .
The children and their parents, sitting a few meters away without any barrier to protect them from the animal, began to scream in horror and terrified by the attack.
Lyudmila Misnik , the circus manager, threw balls out on Thursday, assuring Russian media that viewers had caused the bear to ignore the request to turn off the flash before taking photos with their phones.
Misnik confirmed that both the coach and the bear are well, and offered assurances that "the rest of our program does not represent any danger to the spectators", including "dogs, raccoons, pythons, monkeys, parrots, as well as trapeze, tricks of magic, illusionists, the iron man and clowns. "
For his part, the tamer, Ruslan Solodyuk , explained that the bear, 16 years old and called Yashka, was on his last tour with the circus and that he did not feel well at the time of the attack. According to the Russian newspaper Daily Storm, Yashka had never been violent before, and that the aggression was the result of old age and joint pain .
Ignoring the complaints of animal rights activists about the use of wild animals in shows, many Russian circuses still present bears, many of which roam the vast forest areas, mostly uninhabited, covering much of the country . Captured bears, often tied with chains , appear regularly on the streets of Russian cities as part of advertising campaigns or as artistic attractions.
This Wednesday's attack was the last of a series of attacks by Russian bears in captivity . A bear in the Russian Far East earlier this month bit the leg of a zookeeper, and a circus bear that broke free in the southwestern city of Saratov in June mutilating a passer-by on the street.
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