[arista]

[Cherie]

Go Bear

[Liam-]

Hope it hurt

[Amy Jade]

Hope the Bear wasn't harmed.

[smudgie]

Shame the bear didn’t manage to give the fella that was kicking him a little bearhug.

[Liam-]

Saying that, now that bear acts are banned, they’ll probably just kill all the bears

[Oliver_W]

I find it weird how circuses are even still allowed animal acts.

Spoiler:

Anyone remember Animorphs? whenever a captive bear or elephant does something like this, I always think "go Rachel!"

[Kizzy]

So glad this is now banned, they don't get these animals trained through love..it's brutality, fear and pain from a very young age that 'trains' these beautiful animals to perform 'tricks'.

[Twosugars]

Where is it banned? Is it banned in Russia too?

[parmnion]

It probably don't have teeth or claws.

I saw worse as I glanced in the mirror this morning as I munched on my fry up.

[Ammi]

...Ive read that Yashka the bear has been suffering from joint pain for a while and was on medication...but still they had him ‘perform’ in what was meant to be his last ‘performance’....I wonder what will become of him now, i hope he is well cared for in his discomfort...but ughhhh, I just don’t know if he will be......or indeed, any of the bears that won’t be ‘performing’ in the future...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...Ive read that Yashka the bear has been suffering from joint pain for a while and was on medication...but still they had him ‘perform’ in what was meant to be his last ‘performance’....I wonder what will become of him now, i hope he is well cared for in his discomfort...but ughhhh, I just don’t know if he will be......or indeed, any of the bears that won’t be ‘performing’ in the future...

Yes it's a sad story.