Ice Skating Bear Kills Russian Circus Hand
Fri, October 23, 2009 
A bear in Moscow attacked two people, killing one, while rehearsing for a circus show. We're guessing the killer bear watched this and became enraged. Or maybe it was just pissed in general because it was being forced to fucking ice skate?! Bears are meant to ice skate, right?
In the incident, which happened Thursday, the 5-year-old animal killed the circus administrator, Dmitry Potapov, and mauled an animal trainer, who was attempting to rescue him.
"The incident occurred during a rehearsal by the Russian state circus company troupe which was performing in Bishkek with the program, Bears on Ice," Ministry of Culture and Information director Kurmangazy Isanayev told reporters.
It is unclear what caused the bear to attack Potapov, 25, nearly severing one of his legs while dragging him across the ice by his neck. Medical personnel were unable to save Potapov, who died at the scene.
The 29-year-old circus trainer Yevgeny Popov, who attempted to rescue Potapov, was also severely injured, according to doctors.
"The victim has sustained serious injuries - deep scalp lacerations, bruising of the brain, lacerations on his body. His condition is considered critical," Dr. Gulnara Tashibekova told reporters on Russian state television.
After the incident, the circus was cordoned off by police and emergency service workers. Experts have been brought in to examine the bear, which was shot and died at the scene.
Russia has a long-standing tradition of training bears to perform tricks such as riding motorcycles, ice skating, and playing hockey. Fatal attacks are unusual.
We're on the bear's side on this one.
Thanks Leslie
via CNN
Reader Comments (2)
THIS IS DISGUSTING! I don't know how anyone could do this, they should be ashamed of themselves. Yuck, yuck, yuck! I hate to be disrespectful but they had this coming and probably deserved it.
We totally agree.