Russian rink runs red! Enraged ursine cuts deadly figure 8!:
A bear on ice skates attacked two people during rehearsals at a circus in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, killing one of them, Kyrgyz officials said Friday.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.
Trained bear leaves trainer "bearly" alive...
Posted by floridacracker at October 23, 2009 05:54 PMI can hardly bear it.
Posted by: Starla Darling at October 23, 2009 06:32 PMIt's grizzly
Posted by: nancy at October 23, 2009 07:51 PMA case of mistaken identity: he thought he'd found the man who shot his pa(w).
Posted by: Donnah at October 23, 2009 08:10 PMNot an ice thing to do!
Posted by: Starla Darling at October 23, 2009 09:09 PMI enjoy watching pairs skate, but clearly it's a bear when they practice their lifts.
Posted by: Donnah at October 23, 2009 09:31 PMThe bear was probably angry about the cheap skates he had to work with.
Posted by: Starla Darling at October 23, 2009 09:37 PMThe article was sorely lacking in detail. Must have been written by a cub reporter.
Posted by: Donnah at October 23, 2009 09:46 PMWho was no doubt in some den of iniquity while he wrote it up.
His editor should have kept hte story on ice for a few days till it would bear up under close scrutiny.
Perhaps they were calling for the bear to bring them a delicious pastry and he misunderstood.
Posted by: Donnah at October 23, 2009 09:54 PMIt is terribly sad. But if anyone has read about how horribly bears are treated when being trained for the circus you would understand why the bear attacked as violiently as it did.
Posted by: Dtodd at October 24, 2009 01:12 AMYes, it's the last act he'd perform.
Posted by: nancy at October 24, 2009 06:08 AMNo matter how kindly you treat a bear, it's still a bear, and a bear doesn't really need any obvious motivation to attack. Hell, they are so strong that they can seriously hurt or kill somebody without even trying too hard.
Posted by: Starla Darling at October 24, 2009 08:26 AMNo Starla.. I think this bear sat up late at night
wondering how much more he could take. The circus
admin must have asked him to jump that barrel just one too many times.
No self-respecting bear wants to jump over a silly barrel or skate to the Nutcracker song without there being something in it for him! Bears look out for Numero Uno, and you need to be able to negotiate with them, and keep yoru promises!
Take my own bear, Frederick Fuzzbear. We've been together since I was three months old, so I have learned the art of the deal well from him. For example, he doesn't like to travel, but he will go on long car trips with me as long as he can sit in the back window and look out. A new scarf (made from the leftover yarn from "real" scarves I make to sell) also sweetens the deal.
GO, BEAR, GO!
I wish all the bears would kill their tormentors, including the idiots who find this animal cruelty entertaining!
Posted by: Eva at October 24, 2009 05:05 PMOne day Frederick is gonna have just enough of this scarf-wearing sh*t.
Posted by: Donnah at October 24, 2009 05:09 PMThen we'll negotiate about ponchos or even those denim vests that bikers wear, the ones with all the patches on them.
Posted by: Starla Darling at October 24, 2009 05:38 PMInstead of pushing a barrel, how about something with a little more flair..like a picanic basket shaped wheelbarrow ? With some fresh Bambi in it ?
Posted by: csason at October 24, 2009 09:09 PMNo, Owen, you're behind the times. The very latest thing is to have the bear come out wheeling a giant wrap-sandwichs filled with...
ChRISTOPHER ROBIN!!!
That would really get the crowd going.
Donnah's scarf line was best..imo.
Nobody must be misled by that: Frederick is a very manly bear; he just happens to wear scarves really well.
Maybe I'll make him an ascot tie? *begins singing "You're So Vain."*