Angry bear attacks trainer during circus performance in Russia

During a circus show, a performing bear turned on her trainer Sergei Prichinich in front of hundreds of children and parents in Russia, Fox News writes.

The female brown bear, named Donut, weighs around 222 kilos.

“Towards the end of the act, the bear snapped at Sergei and wrestled with him,” Nikita Mikhailov, head of the Moretti Circus, told reporters after the incident, adding that after the incident their performance continued.

Donut pinned Prichinich to the ground and snapped at him for about half a minute before a worker outside the cage prodded the bear and allowed the trainer to get back to his feet.

Mikhailov noted that the tamer “waited for the bear to calm down, got up, continued the routine with her, sealed it with a kiss, and that was it”.