Tightrope-walking bears at Russian circus

Bears at a St Petersburg circus walk along tightropes, dressed in nautical costumes. . Report by Sophie Foster. Like us on Facebook at / itn and follow us on Twitter at / itn . Subscribe to ITN News! kzbin.info_c... Visit our homepage at www.itn.co.uk

[@ApeloFellow]

to be honest i dont know what to think we have domesticated dogs, cats, hamsters, and even crocodies and pigs. we also teach them tricks and are sometimes found mistreating them or not looking after them to the point they deserve. i am in very confused as to whether i truly disagree with this without disagreeing with the existence of any pets.

[@nicoh848]

I hear you, my mind went to “well, they’re being loved and cared for.. and it sure beats hunting..”

[@nashjackman4926]

0:56 you see that one tear drop come out the bear’s eye.

[@jasonsmart1]

silly human. that's not a tear drop. That's a snot. The bear is happy performing. Stop spreading fake news

[@dianeharrison4975]

the beatings those poor bears hav had 😢

[@LitlleponeyD]

Primitive people. Leave this bear alone !

[@Chrisforder82]

Cruel bastards, how can they be allowed to get away with this cruelty????

[@Hulk_Mania]

O man! what a poor bear, so cruel. I hate circus

[@LordGrandKaiser]

In old country, there not enough people for tightrope walk in circus, so we use country's greatest natural resource: Bear.

[@bealou_xo8862]

So mean

[@DollyDimpley]

Horrific and very very wrong.....

[@BeakyRed]

Cute! I hope that they dont abuse their animals

[@vivianelekens]

poor animals

[@vckrscindy]

disgusting. These poor animals are kept in apalling conditions and small cages, limited food and many beatings. This circus has big time issues beating their animals/

[@jelyzza]

Bears belong in the wild, not used for entertainment and money. People these days....

[@aztlanwarrior1983]

Why put any animal through that? Horrible!

[@Lillymill]

Perfidious Albion

[@danettemckinnon7251]

Should never be happening

[@ogijjgroluan]

0:38 "Don't look down, don't look down". This breaks my heart. I usually think the most impressive things these bears should do is ride their bikes for at least that doesnt stress them as much as this does. I sure hope they are treating them right.

[@sheamus316]

wait until it finally snaps and kills the ringmaster.now that id pay to see.

[@Arkangeli7]

It's so cute and so sad :(

[@cbigpicture11]

The ONLY reason to give this attention is to bring awareness to people throughout the world for the need to STOP including animals in circuses. If no one patronizes any circus which enslaves animals - undercover investigations show they are ALL cruelly brutalized to get them to perform so unnaturally - this cruelty will be forced to stop if no one supports it. Many circuses have stopped using animals. Support those kind people who have a heart!

[@StylishDoge]

imagine the day the bear gets pissed and pushes it's trainer off the tightrope.

[@ikuo1]

torture

[@HawklordLI]

This is so cruel it makes me nauseous.

[@aichasusanmorgan8373]

NO CRUEL TO ANIMALS

[@edgardisneyparks]

Beautiful bear, horrible show

[@waqasikram218]

walking in a circus

[@SongsofInnocence]

Everyone knows there's no law in Russia.

[@bvbowler247]

No one knows what happens in the background.

[@ss4kaioken295]

Then quit acting like u do

[@Tokalah]

Real Sad

[@OrigamiOrchid]

WHY.

[@Froggen88]

So sad

[@synergyworxdancestudio6546]

digusting. using animals for entertainment. are you that unskilled and boring that an animal has to do your job for you

[@arnoldb4949]

Wtf

[@ks907ut]

Not amusing at all

[@Hokunin]

Those trainers are always in danger of being torn apart by a bear if its not happy or in anger. So bear IS kinda happy, trainers are interested in that to stay alive.

[@JakeCaesar]

EVIL!

[@braselton94]

Always the Russians!

[@christinelewis6823]

should be banned

[@1MuchButteR1]

nice show

[@ss4kaioken295]

Actually they dont beat them its ppsitive reinforcement someone prove their being beaten because I havent seen any info that backs up that claim

[@link11341]

I guess it's not too bad, I don't think an unhappy bear would willingly catch and pass balls like that.

[@petesibanda]

this is brilliant

[@webkinzvids8469]

That's a fake bear

[@greenilatina]

WoW....if this happened in America 100% of the comments would be ripping America to shreds....the hypocrisy!

[@CharlotteOrie]

This is so cute!

[@AmaanKhan-bn8po]

it is all a lie a man is wearing bear outfit and he is walking on a rope acting to be a bear