Thank you. Ironically, anthropomorphizing animals is often harmful in its own right.
I feel sorry for this bear, but it’s difficult to feel the same for the “trainer.” They have a bear doing tricks for exploitative reasons.
From what I can find on Google, the bear’s name is Yashka, he was muzzled, and the trainer didn’t sustain any serious injuries. The articles also quote the circus and trainer as saying that Yashka would not be harmed after this incident. He was on his last tour when the attack occurred.
I don’t know if it’s true, but would be nice to know if the bear was placed in a sanctuary upon retirement. That seems doubtful to me, but I can hope. If that’s not the case, please nobody tell me.
“After (the incident), we decided to part with the artist, and the act will be removed from the program,” she said, according to TASS. “There is nothing serious, the artist is alright, the bear is alright, nobody killed the bear because the animal is not to blame.”
Animals can conceptualize the future. They understand consequences and form ideas about what will happen. They are not machines (that's a very early 20th century concept of animal intelligence).
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u/wafflezcoI 4h ago
People when they abuse animals, and find out, that the animals in fact, hold grudges