Ice Skating Polar Bears

[Qpillowcase]

I cried while watching this.

Why the hell can't humans think of some other way to entertain, if we're so smart?

Why do we need to take animals away from their habitats and use them for our own enjoyment?

This is the cruelest thing ;-;

[joanerjoe]

thats well cruel why dont they use the fucking care bears no one like them

[seamouse007]

i have many doubts as to whether the bears were treated properly, given the poor track record of russian circuses.

in other news, danxiie's comment is one of the stupidest things i've ever read. ever.

[danopie111]

I DO NOT envy the unlucky guy who had to put their skates on!

[minion158]

russians and bears

peanutbutter and jelly

[juniorguerra444]

Wild animals should be in the WILD. It is very joyless to see the greatest land hunter playing such a ridiculous game of give me a treat and i give u a trick.

All you youtubers, lets not stand for this. its sad.

[danxiie]

bears are intelligent as great apes. when you see apes, skating, its okay and liked it, but when it comes to polar bears, its the same. too bad the population of bears is so scarce, well hope they domesticate them and mass produce them and genetically modify them like dogs and sell them in petshops.

[Psychicslight]

i hope the skates dont hurt their feet

[KisameLuver]

I have to admit, the tricks are really amusing, but I still feel sorry for the poor bears :C

[putaface101]

these bears are beatin to a bloody pulp....do more reaseach plz...how about u try and teach ur dog to skate only using treats...

[hellerase]

I would really enjoy the video if the bears would have eaten the "trainers"

[heartshavewings]

this is terrible :(

[theorigionalmj]

What the F***! A Joke? Ridiculous? Cruelty?

This is pure EXPLOITATION nothing more nothing less.

My parents taught me well!

[cartoonlover2326]

I imagine the polor bear was really uncomfortable in those skates.

[fabblondee136]

poor animals !

[Cationification]

Save the bears and have the owners and trainers sent do death!

[littlejo500]

This is terrible, it makes me ashamed of being a human being. Those poor poor animals..

[heather0f]

that is sick putting ice skates on the bears >:(

[tyflavia]

All I could do was cry, honestly, honestly, honestly!!!! WTF is wrong in the world? Polar bears are savage animal, not to be treated like pets...the bears are so scared and starving he do the trick so can eat the treat. awsome, even i would do it if i were in cage and starving.

[MrSmithbennett]

like how they slide around

[moncyliu99]

Estúpidos, sucios, desgraciados. Ojalá se murieran todos estos mal nacidos enfermos que no se les ocurrió hacer otra cosa para ganarse la vida que invertar esta porquería de circos con animales. Y peor aún es la gente que paga por verlos, miserables!

[zeronamagem]

guys comon bears may like hockey too lol! is it child abuse now to teach your kid to skate when theyre too stupid to know if they like it or not because theyre age 3? NO

[habbitatares]

wtf haha didnt think that was really possible

[TrevOwnz89]

Wonder if they would still play around like this if they were sent back up north.

[punkrocker158]

holy shit!!

[vamaal]

its amazing!

[Cobra666Commander]

@flynhy4lyf21

DURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Learn some grammar fag.

[bravesfan1309]

I had no idea that Evgeni Malkin's parents were so well trained

[MsSweetSaturday]

This is very sad and pathetic.

[s1293123]

Cruel.

[skinmelive]

this must be from russia. it is so crule...

[tretpflyr]

oh my gosh, this is so sick! are you that ignorant to think that this animals actually want to do this?

[ilovyousob]

I don't want to see a fucking polar bear skating and if it means I never see a polar bear again because it's in it's natural environment then great.

I wouldn't shed a tear if one of the bears ripped the handlers to shreds because evolution didn't develop bears to skate after millions of years.

[gowolves4]

Wow, you guys need to think before you post your slime. Go bash another video. Ever think that maybe these bears like to do what they do? Chill out. God.

[Primogen18]

I'm sure they do, the ones of them playing hockey seem like they actually have a blast, just it would be a shame if after that they go back to a tiny cage and aren't treated right. "Lloveyousob" has a good point, it would suck if this is the only way they exist instead of their real environment. I see your point, some of these animals have fun learning and playing, doing new things.

[gowolves4]

Good point. I didn't think about that. I hope they are treated well.

[carlyxz]

are you retarded?

[gowolves4]

No, Ma'am

[musicispinkable]

i cant believe how cruel u r u 2 bears!

[adamevic2007]

That's an disgrace to the animal kingdom.

[Benitotorecio]

I can see the ice stained whith polar bear blood due to training

[toy210]

im pretty sure thats just the crappy camera not icy blood

[ela1978x]

the funniest video is the one where the skating polar bear snaps and kills it's trainer.

[JapsEye2]

The ice is streaked with skidmarks.

[twopinacoladas]

Its amazing that they are able to do these type of things like the hockey videos they are definately smart animals and watching them do things like that makes me think they are not that different then humans.  Similar to very young hockey players that just start skating in a way. On the other hand it seems as tho they are being taken advantage of which is kind of sad.

[ela1978x]

of course it's fucking wrong how thick are u???

[twopinacoladas]

Obviously what do you think I meant by saying it was sad.

[micwawaw]

This is cute.

[Happyanand69]

°_° Now I've seen it all.. I mean, if polar bears can ice skate and balance on a big ball, what's to stop him from grabbing an AK47 robbing a bank with it and going to Switzerland to buy himself a mansion?

NOTHING IS STOPPING THEM! ITS THE END OF THE WORLD! These things will end up teaching US tricks like ice skating or standing on a big ball. OH the terror!

[kylejones7]

@Happyanand69 search bears playing hockey

[whitehusky3]

These bears are obviously well cared for as their coats are in healthy condition and they are not showing signs of malnourishment in any way. The training methods used are positive reinforcements, which is not abuse in any way. They are using treats to reward the bears for a job well done. Anyone who is an animal trainer knows this is the ideal way to train. Bears are not very tolerant, and if they are being abused, they WILL turn on their abuser.

[DatWonGuy]

This is just sick. These people seriously piss me off to no extent. Give me thumbs down all you want, but anyone who puts such beautiful creatures such as polar bears into captivity to train them, often abusively, to do stupid tricks needs shot. Multiple times.

[amiejas]

This is truly cruel. I cannot believe anyone would find joy in this knowing what these animals have endured in their training.

[thear675]

how do you know what these animals have endured? are you a former russian bear trainer turned pussy activist? it looks to me like the only thing they have endured are treats for skating around an ice rink. nothing from this video suggests otherwise. It may not be natural, but not everything that is unnatural is cruel, my friend.

[zardoxer]

@thear675

Of course the bears are ill treated..... Do u really believe after the show they will be unchained in a sutiable cage?????.....................­.You know and I kno they will be beaten starved n isolated

[BostonAllPro]

@thear675 yeah if i was a bear i would rather be doing this than starving looking for fish

[lordabomity]

@thear675 FUCK YOU FILTHY CUNT. THESE ANIMALS ARE TORTURED INTO DOING THIS. LEARN FACTS YOU FUCKING IDIOT!

[thear675]

@lordabomity haha it looks like people agree with me, not you, so fuck off and stop responding to comments that were posted nearly a year ago.

[lordabomity]

@thear675 People who agree with you are ignorant kids who knows nothing about the world or how it works. Like you.

[thear675]

@lordabomity haha I'm not a kid, nor am I ignorant. There is a strong possibility that they were not abused. There is no evidence that they were abused, and it is ridiculous for you to assume they were. Anyways, I'm done talking about this, so go look for internet fights elsewhere, you fucking hermit.

[lordabomity]

@thear675 Working circus animals like bears and elephants are always abused. Taken away from the mother at an early age and and "trained" from the first day. If you do not know about the abuse you simple don't want to know. And THAT is ignorant. You don't need to be a vegan activist to think it's wrong. You seem totally indifferent about these abused animals, you don't even want to know the truth about it, just rejection the thought of it. That makes you a sad, pathetic excuse of a human being.

[ScotzmanLP]

@thear675 newsflash bud, they get treats while they are preforming so they don't turn around and fuckin maul the woman. who knows what they endured to be taught this but its most likely going to be cruel, how else can you get a bears attention/respect...to learn these things that are being preformed? They are wild animals probably gone through years of practice and perhaps cruel abuse when done something wrong. Afterall these are RUSSIAN bear trainers, look up a vid how russia train soldiers..

[thear675]

@ScotzmanLP regardless of what anyone says, it's all speculation. There has yet to be one person who has given me an argument that is based on anything more than personal opinion and popular American beliefs about Russians. It's really tiring reading all of it. At least you weren't a total douche about it though.

[dipalipasaurus]

@thear675 But the same retort is just as applicable to your own analysis. We can all agree that we don't KNOW what we don't see, but we are certainly capable of making educated guesses based on the facts. Fact: Animals are regularly treated with cruelty that are in the circus. Fact: A polar bear on skates killed his trainer (with the skates) and then attacked another member of the circus (proof, that the animal was angry). Now why would an animal be angry that was being treated well?

[rubberritchie]

This is awful! Why the need to exploit animals in this way when human performers are so much better. Check out Cirque De Soleil, the greatest circus in the world and totally animal free! : )

[BillORele]

LOL I want to see one jump off a ramp and do a 360 that would be hella rad.

[adamchou]

i can't stand everyone here that is saying that this is sad and we should stop interfering with mother nature and crap like that. first off, who made you an expert on mother nature? how do you know that their living conditions in the circus are worse than the wild? in case you didn't know, lots of polar bears are dying due to global warming. finally, you realize the domesticated dogs and cats you have were created by tampering with mother nature right? stop being a pretentious hypocrite

[hernhillrebel]

This is truly bizzarre. I never knew bears could skate. At least the poor animals look in good condition.

[theghost767]

People have put animals above humans in some parts of human society, but to treat an animal like the circus does is sickening. It is a fact that all circus animals are abused. Just tell that to a circus worker and see if he doesn't chase you down or at least exchange some words. They know it and will attack anyone that even seems like they could expose them. I have seen it even in rural towns. One friend was being chased by a circus worker down town after saying that the animals were abused.

[adamchou]

i think its a pretty presumptuous to say that EVERY circus animal is abused. so you're saying its impossible for a circus animal to not be abused? unless you've seen every circus in the world, i don't think you can state that as fact. secondly, has it occurred to you that maybe, the circus worker is treating the animal well and you falsely accusing them pisses them off so they chase you down? i sure as hell would if you said i abuse my dog. i'd knock you out.

[istegalegal]

thats so stupid and makes me wanna puke

[niccathelawless]

that's disgusting. they really don't treat those animals well. i really wish i could do something.

[maxrocks1]

I saw the advertisements for this in Russia, but never went. Cool trick, but I shudder to think how much one probably has to beat a bear that's thrice one's side to get it to skate, or even allow one to put on the skates.

[nriss1859]

they did eat one of them..it was on cnn

[susswald]

Genius...

[krim0la]

Poor bears, I wonder how much they mistreat them to do those tricks..

[jeepersfreepers]

They don't mistreat them for long.

[rachwms]

I hope the bears eat them

[elevencharles]

That bear would taste absolutely DELICIOUS covered in cheese and served on white toast!!

Also, Steve Irwin = shame

[xVeganPunkx]

so sad...

[NorCalHerb]

sweet i want one for Christmas!

[suzie1111052]

The bears can BARELY skate!  How horrible and sad.

[jamesbizs]

They can skate better then most PEOPLE that I know. What are you talking about?

[suzie1111052]

You must not know many people.

[jamesbizs]

I live in fort lauderdale florida. Almost no one I know ice skates. The ones that do barely do so. But thank you for telling me your pointless and baseless comment.

[thedarksideofbetty]

There are humans and there are shitty worthless cruel dumbass humans and I do put an innocent animals life above a cruel stupid humans life. Anyone who abuses an animal gets what they deserve if that animal turns on them. Go killer bears go!! fuck the circus.

[jamesbizs]

Oh don't get me wrong. If one of those animals kills their handler, more power to them. I also don't think an animal should be killed if it kills a human. But either way, I still don't hold any animals life above a human.

[beccababe025]

that's so horrible, those poor bears. why do humans have to go interfere with mother nature seriously, makes me so sad that they would do that to these beautiful polar bears

[jamesbizs]

humans interfering with humans is mother nature. If humans didn't interfere with mother nature, you would not be able to come on here and complain about humans interfering with mother nature.

[beccababe025]

why do people feel the need to pick on peoples comments on youtube all the time? you know what i meant, no need to make into something else

[jamesbizs]

I know what you meant, and you know what I meant. What's the problem? With this new politically correct society which puts animals above humans, I felt that I should comment.

[Coleh1220]

this is soooo sad.

[elevencharles]

That lucky bear gets to have sex with the lady, which is more than we can say for the countless snakes, crocs, pandas, or whatever poor beasts used to be molested by Steve Irwin, the worst human being ever to live.

[bennymaccawoot]

the bears should eat them

[cagutlan]

that was sad

[puputupuna87]

This is so sad!!!!! People are sick when they tread animals like this!!!!

[thear675]

if i ever see you trying to teach a trick to a dog, i am going to punch you in the face. BTW, what inspires someone to search polars bears ice skating, watch the video, and then complain about how sad it is? It was fucking polar bears ice skating. Isn't that what you were looking for when you clicking on the fucking video that said "polar bears ice skating" in the title? fuck people like you are frustrating.

[theghost767]

I wasn't searching for it, I saw it in a list of videos and it reminded me of several documentaries I have watched about abuse in Circuses.

[Cobra666Commander]

@thear675

You won't do shit, because you're a limp wristed faggot animal worshiper. I already taught my dogs several tricks. Also I fucking love eating endangered species and cows slaugtered in inhumane environments. The pain and terror before they die makes the meat taste better.

[thear675]

@Cobra666Commander

clearly you didn't read my comment properly. Let me guess, American right? fucking retard.

[Cobra666Commander]

Let me guess, pretentious bigoted ignorant Eurotrash right? Fucking retard.

[thear675]

haha wrong on all counts.

[armreyn]

@Cobra666Commander your a moron and the chances are that you are very lonely and have not felt a womans breast yet

[Cobra666Commander]

@armreyn

HAHAHAHAHA

Also it's "YOU'RE" NOT "YOUR". Stupid fucking kid.

[armreyn]

your dad must be a homosexual

[Cobra666Commander]

@armreyn

My dad fucked your dad in the ass.

[armreyn]

you were molested as a child

[polerbear1000]

@Cobra666Commander i hope he used lube

[rockmanX117]

@thear675 screw both of you, im american, but im a christian and this is wierd but you dont have to say oh you're an american so go to hell and mr cobra666commander, im a teen who likes metal but FUCK YOU THAT IS FUCKING WRONG!

[kankaroo]

SICK!

I didn't even watch it all. Even when I was a kid I knew there was something not quite right about the circus, but this is just taking the piss.

:-(

[rourkeyman]

AMERICA FUCK YA

[moncyliu99]

Helloooo, this is a Russian circus

[rourkeyman]

helooooo i no . i was just thinking off that so i decided to put it out there is that alright whit you

[Zfarley26]

yer, how sick is that! a bear should NOT be in ice skates being whipped and beaten to perform to a bunch of kids who then think that this is ok! sickos!

[Skaanning]

That's so sad! Bears should live in the nature as they use to, not skating around in a fucking circus in Russian. I just cant understand how people can do that, i can only find one reason: MONEY!!! You should be ashamed!! Fuck you

[freemanfilmsuk]

cool they should train them to jump through hoops as well!

[garym7692]

cool never knew bears could do that

[mukome]

This is entertainment? Go see a concert or a movie instead of this weird animal stuff.

[meowmacao]

FUCK YOU SOVIET RUSSIA.

[swordwoundstain]

yeah i saw it too...and then the poor thing was shot?? he was being abused every day and made to do things that arent natural to it. all for so called 'entertainment'. I wouldnt mind because circuses are mainly aimed at children. It is the least child friendly place to bring your child.

Dont support circuses that use animals! You dont realise what goes on behind the scenes :(

[ela1978x]

it's the most discraceful thing i've seen. poor bears.

[swordwoundstain]

abusive and unnecessary!  The Russian Circus should be ashamed of themselves

[touchanandmolestan]

Agreed.

Has everyone else who viewed this in the past hour or so just read that article on the BBC?

[ela1978x]

yes

[mattrech0]

Yeah, I did, anyways.

[ela1978x]

if you think thats bad i just found this other video 'bear playing hockey'

[Ahab2008]

It's sick!

[Delitaya]

polar bears are the most dangerous

[px268]

bears could be dangerous