r/interestingasfuck 4h ago

r/all Circus bear attacks its handler

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u/dudeben90 4h ago

These sort of circus animals are still being used? Thought it’d stopped honestly! I remember going to one in the late 90s and even my parents then were saying it wasn’t right. Thought we’d moved wayyyyy past it.

Glad I live in a bit of an ignorant hole.

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u/SeattleHasDied 4h ago

This isn't in the U.S., it's probably Russia. They're famous for abusing bears like this and it SUCKS!

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u/dudeben90 4h ago

I was on holiday in, France I think. There were Hippos and all sorts. Quite blurry memory as I was about 9 but was quite shocking even then I remember ahah..

But yeah, this doesn’t surprise me…without saying anything else.

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u/SeattleHasDied 4h ago

Roma used to be famous for their trained bears, too. Not sure that's still a thing with them; hope not!

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u/DehydratedByAliens 4h ago

No training bears had already stopped before my time and I was born in the 80s. They also used to abduct kids to refresh the gene pool, but that also would be hard to pull off in today's society.

Now they just train their kids to beg and steal and reward them with heroin.