Dancing Bears at the Circus in Pyongyang, North Korea

[suckmy4cylinder]

why don't you hippies stfu? if the bear wasn't happy it'd eat someone, we're the intellectually superior species... its for our entertainment, now if you want to complain there are some nice videos like "circus animals abuse" no showing of abuse here, just a show.

[dasunit07]

this is so sick on so many levels. Why did we ever invade Iraq? Bush shouldve gone for NK

[retrorevival1]

are you fucking kidding me!? Ugh, and you wonder why I have no faith in humanity to evolve and better itself. This kind of stuff brings me to the brink of tears. Animals should never, never be exploited in such a way. Humanity is fucked.

[Lionboy2011]

If I were one of those poor bears, I would just take off the stupid costume and bite the trainers and help the other bear escape the circus and live a possibly better life in the wild or in a zoo that doesn't involve animals performing as much entertainment like we in a circus today.

[marshadedukh]

for all of you and your animal concerns, let me put it this way:

before humans can have some sort of moral compass which will prevent this sort of treatment of animals, humans themselves need to become more educated, more healthy, more fulfilled, etc.

this is desperation in a country which doesn't have enough moral strength to account for the feelings of the animals when their own citizens may be dying of starvation, people will do what they can to make ends meet

[SayNoToFur1]

these people of 'great religion' better start praying .. cause your certainly not going to heaven

[Montanamarie4]

The poor bears.... :(

[MegaScooby72]

One day they'll be fully grown and fucking pissed off, revenge is immiment, go bears!

[BubbaLoob43]

wow, it must be painful to be by two legs all this time.... bears do walk in two legs, but in short occasions... they are quadrupeds...

[emperorgrant]

@xXPsychoticMonkeyXx1 Yeah, good one. Learn to spell yeah? Or stay off the internet.

[thelouiseandsteve]

sad people, get a life

[cedars30]

Hahah there bears jumping roping!!!!!

[tahitianmoon28]

terrible, please no one go to these shows and encourage all of your friends and family not to go.

[orangepatriot85]

i'd love it if those bears turned nasty and swiped their fucking slanty eyes out. fucking gook cunts

[cuntbaggins]

im gonna go watch a video of a bear attackin some pesky human now

[natedejuggla]

so humiliating just to watch

[adwwghoost]

This is so fuckin disgusting your assholes

[adwwghoost]

Nothing to laugh at ... they hit the animals for them to behave right !!!!!!!!!!

[IFCSAT]

HA HA HA HA That...Bear...Can...Dancing...­! Oh my! I'm gonna get drunk now.

[worrgames88]

so they can teach bears to dance, but they can't feed their own citizens. fuck yeah

[elsamere]

This is disgusting!!

[cheech007007]

F--- North Korea! USA stands by its South Korean ally. USA USA

[chiefmeup]

double dutch that shit. pussy's!!!

[leethal59]

i love dancing bears. They are so cute.

[MrVampiredog]

HOW CRUEL

[mallorytwit]

Oh my God..... Horrible

[vaevictusama]

how the he;; were you able to upload this?

[Hankydoodle1]

Thank fuck this type of shit has been banned in the UK....One day other countries will look at shit like this and will find it hard to believe that their 3rd world country let this happen.

[PrincessVanessacrl12]

stupids koreans

[Victoriana25]

@mcom234 People like me? You've never met me. This is why I dislike youtube. Bunch of hateful people like yourself who feel empowered because they get to make insults without consequences. What kind of a human being are YOU? I disagree with people making other animals perform for their own pleasure. You're deluded if you think for one second I care what you think.

[HowIMetYourGrandpa]

oh god this isn't fun for the bears!!!! it's not naturally.. it's very cruel -.-

i do not want to think about how they brought the bear to have to do that.

[bkd24]

i clicked on this thinking it would be kinda cool but realized this is sooo fucked up

[cqgmickey]

FOLKS KILL ME UPSET BECAUSE OF VIDEOS LIKE THIS.....SO WHAT, IT'S AN ANIMAL....AMERICANS ARE THE BIGGEST HYPOCRITES PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY.....YET GO HOME AND SCARFED DOWN THEIR BIG FAT BURGERS AND CHICKEN WINGS!!! THEN, IT GETS BETTER... HUNTING SEASON YOU JUST GET TO GO AND SHOOT THEM FOR FUN....BUT IF I WANT TO MAKE TWO DOGS FIGHT OR A BEAR JUMP.....O MY FREAKING GOD, YOU COMMITTED AN ABOMINATION!!! GET OVER IT!!!!

[ICI4MOR3VII]

@cqgmickey in case you haven't figured it out yet, everyone's a hypocrite. not just Americans. stereotyping hypocrisy to only one nation makes you sound ignorant.

[cqgmickey]

@ICI4MOR3VII MR. OBVIOUS, YES I AM IGNORANT ABOUT OTHER COUNTRIES POLICIES IN REGARDS TO ANIMALS. YOU MY FRIEND ARE IGNORANT JUST THE SAME, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW EACH NATION DEALS WITH ANIMALS. SO YOUR POINT IS WHAT??......SEEING THAT YOU'VE MADE THAT COMMENT, MR. OBVIOUS, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IGNORANT MEANS. IGNORANT MEANS A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND I MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE NATION I KNOW ABOUT, NOT THE ONES I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. SO AGAIN WHAT'S YOUR POINT?

[ICI4MOR3VII]

@cqgmickey ease up on the caps. you are making yourself look like a fool on the internet.

[cqgmickey]

@ICI4MOR3VII (all lower case just 4 u) it has become obvious u r a moron & i don't do well dealing with foolishness, your comments have been totally unecessary & i have better things to do like pick my toe nails then read another 1 of your attempts to insult me. u r 2 consumed w/my image, a little more than myself.....u really need 2 get a life and stop worrying bout mine. have a good day captain moron.

[TaalaFulla]

this flippin fliped me out



[zagabilly]

IM not even able to skip... thats embarrassing

[BomaBoi]

IF YOU PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, THEN JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP AND ENJOY THE GOD DAMN SHOW!!!

[doughnutmonster1992]

we watched this in class (I'm an animal management student, we're studying animal welfare), and I was appalled. How is that entertaining? Those bears should be taken away and put in a zoo, as they won't be able to go back to the wild, which is where they belong in the first place. Its so sickening to watch!

[finsam98]

Haha, mean but cute.

My reaction was not 'Cruel Bastardss, boycott circus(coming from a protestor at circuses)'

But 'Aww, they're wearing people clothes :3'

[annaisblonde76]

this is the stupidest shit ive ever seen.

[elpatron85]

free all bears!

[CasperMarie7788]

haha theyre soo cute but its not cute that they abuse them and starve them just so they can be in a god damn circus act. . .poor babies probably havent seen any part of their family/families since they were born.

[HandsInTheDirtAgain]

Those bears are babies :( How do you think they train them to stand so upright for so long? It ain't all hugs and treats.

[marxist854]

@HandsInTheDirtAgain

They make them stand on a very hot plate while they play the music. After some time they learn to associate the music with standing up and hopping around

[valkythealky]

I wonder if they made the ground a little bit "hot"?

[MiamiPush2theLimit]

Look at them! They're having so much fun!!! I love the circus!!!:)

[wicaco]

"Are you now saying animals that are 'cute' shouldn't be protected because they're 'cute'?" Says the asshole who eats abused baby cows while complaining about the treatment of bears.

[Victoriana25]

So I suppose you are the perfect ideal of veganism? Nevermind the calcium stearate made from cows to make salad dressings. Or the Gelatin from bones, cartilage, tendons, skin of pigs which are proven to be more intelligent than domestic dogs which makes marchmellows and yogurts. Or the myristic acid from an array of animal fats to make chocolate, ice cream, baked goods and desserts. Don't even attempt to pretend you are completely ignorant free.

[TheZakopolis]

fuck you guys it's entertaining!

[putaface101]

this is soo heart breaking

[dnguyen11]

this is so wrong

[BoHoVsGolf]

well at least they get free food.... i hope.... they dont look very happy to me though...

[dapicus]

I don't like to see the animals as they were clowns. they are free and you/they must stay

idiots

[skateflip977]

well its north korea what do you expect?

[myacgovno]

In Russian circus don't beat animals!!! Bears very very clever animal. Just as you would go for work what to earn money, they earn meal in circus

Sory if I do error, I bad speak English.

[IMASCATMANjohnn]

THIS IS SO CUTE/FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrFantasticSarcastic]

thats terrible

[theorigionalmj]

Korea SURPISE SURPRISE what the fuck is wrong with these people??????????????

[littlesercet]

Them poor bears, there only cubs aswell

[ps3animalfunds]

in mother russia bear kill you

[whitedogsrule]

@ps3animalfunds No, no, NO! "In Mother Russia, bear make YOU dance!"

[RAYZE1ER]

How the fuck did they get those bear's to do that? Sheesh.... That was one of the most awesome thing's I have ever seen. Only thing I seen unfair is the poor bear's having to wear such ridiculous outfit's! :)

[thefatP]

How the hell are these bears being mistreated?

They`re jumping on a fucking rope, how cool is that.

Being Nortk Korean they`re probably underfet etc. but here on the camera, I don`t see any mistreatement.

[cekabe]

u ppl talk and talk and talk about "poor bears", cmon, it´s a show, entertainment, its a prove about human hability teaching stuff to animals.

btw, u do nothing by posting a comment , if ure so fucking interested in animals rites, go fight for them instead of being in front of ur unwild PC haha

[aussielove1]

poor bears. there so sweet. but soo dont need to be treated that way. really sad

[littlesercet]

There treating this animals so fucking bad it must be so bad for the bears to have to do that. I feel sorry for there. They have no idea who powerful these animals can be yet there degraded to jumping over a skipping rope and dressed in clothes. Its sick!

[AL2TUDE]

We love the great leader KJI. North Korea should be what we strive for. The have it down. Nice place live, great place to visit.

[themandude20]

those bears must be children

this is the best entertainment they have in communist korea lol

[tyler34698]

it's fuckin north korea dude, I think they've got bigger problems than animal cruelty on their hands. people cruelty for instance.

[TremcladClock]

These animals are very well-cared for and enjoy a very close bond with their trainers.

[animalFREAKlove]

Korea is fucked, I'm sorry. Yes, Canada has flaws too. But Korea, well, Korea is just a fuckign FAIL. Yeah, I sound racist, but really. They burn the fucking fur off a dog/cat LIVE, before they slaughter it. They make bears dance. What next? Ugh.

[arturro666]

This is crazy ;] but i like it.

PS. I'm not a fan of bears.

[adorketh]

This is pathetic and sad, seeing beautiful creatures, probably endangered, being used for entertainment in a circus. Ignorants.

[WeaponInHand]

Brutal.Very sad to see how stupid some people are.

[gmodrider55]

@WeaponInHand yes i relly agree bears should be in the forest not on a circus stage

[danythefro1]

this makes me wanna cry.

[Victoriana25]

I'm disgusted that people pay to see this! How can anyone actually be stupid enough to think that this is fun for the bears? If it was so fun for them why don't we see them jumping up and down upright in the wild for no apparent reason? This behaviour is completely unnatural for them as will be their living conditions. It upsets me to see how little respect we have for these beautiful animals. And all for 'entertainment' purposes. Pathetic!

[marc2008ln]

fuck you, you liberal freak.

[Victoriana25]

How exactly did my comments upset you? Do you have an intimate relationship with the circuses or something?

[regreg88]

lol so are you saying some one conservative can't care about the well-being of other animals? Are you inadvertently praising liberals or something?

[drewsheldon01]

@Victoriana25 It's in North Korea. I don't think pay to see something like this.

[aFrknPuertoRican]

@Victoriana25 Someone didn't watch The Gummi Bears when they were little. Personally, I'm glad these circuses are teaching bears the skills they need to fight off Ogres and protect humanity.

[Victoriana25]

@aFrknPuertoRican In your attempt to be humorous and funny, you have only shown yourself to be a cold hearted fool.

[wicaco]

@Victoriana25 Hey, when you eat your brie cheese, do you make sure to buy the kind that isn't made with enzymes from baby cow stomachs? Just wondering.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco No I do not. Can you explain to me what that has to do with dancing bears?

[wicaco]

@Victoriana25 Yeah, it means you're a hypocrite. Why is a bear's life more valuable than a baby cow's?

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco Ok firstly, we're both in agreement that training bears to perform in circus acts in completely wrong yet you're insulting me because you don't like that I enjoy eating brie about twice a year. What is your problem? There is a difference between animal cruelty in the form of making animals perform for personal amusement and consuming products that contain animal meat, fats etc. One is completely un-natural, the other is not.

[wicaco]

@Victoriana25 There's nothing natural about eating cheese, actually, considering most of the world is lactose intolerant. The least you could do is make sure that poor baby cows aren't slaughtered for it. So long as you consume cheese made with rennet, you're ensuring that there will always be a veal industry. Also, it is a pretty big issue, considering there are more baby cows killed a year than there are circus bears.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco Please re-read my comments and have a think.I never said eating cheese was natural,I said that eating animal products was natural,which are contained within cheese.Are you forgetting your own points?

[wicaco]

@Victoriana25 If you don't think eating cheese is natural, then why would you even make the point about eating animal products being natural? Logic is a valuable thing to waste. Look: It's not that difficult to go to a search engine and find out what brands of brie cheese are vegetarian-suitable. If you wish to remain willfully ignorant, go ahead, but don't be surprised when someone calls you out for your hypocrisy.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco You are unhappy because I occasionally eat cheese (your statement that 'most of the world is lactose intolerant' is absolutely ridiculous), I would never and have never eaten veal meat, and limit my weekly intake of any meat for ethical reasons, I give every month to WWF wildlife charity and you're trying to make me into the animal hater?You're completely wasting your time and mine. Why don't you email politicians instead rather than posting stupid comments to people who already do care.

[wicaco]

@Victoriana25 75% of the world is lactose intolerant - That's a fact. You know what's really ridiculous, though? When people try to form arguments centered around what's "natural" and "unnatural". Wearing glasses is unnatural. Does that make glasses unethical? No. You put your brie cheese eating out there for the world to criticize, just like these North Korean circus trainers put their dancing bears out there for the world to criticize, and I've made my point.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco I am not a vegetarian and never stated such, so how am I a hippocrite? Also, I never once implied that the un-natural/natural statements were my way of measuring morality. Do not bilittle your arguments by putting words in my mouth. If you disagree that training bears to dance is un-natural and that eating meat is natural then I have nothing further to say to you. You have not been sticking to the subject matter and I felt it was my place to attempt to remind you.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco "You put your brie cheese eating out there for the world to critize" Please listen to yourself. It's as if I've joined some political hate group! You haven't listened to a word I have said and you are obsessed with preaching to those who already care greatly about animal welfare. Like I said, you're wasting your passion on youtube, write to politicians and start a campaign. Your hostile and ill manner to a complete well meaning stranger won't get you far.

[wicaco]

@Victoriana25 4. Also, you're not very well-meaning considering how many "hostile" words you used in your original post - "disgusted, stupid, pathetic". 5. Why I "felt compelled" to visit your youtube page is no more relevant than why you "felt compelled" to look up videos of circus bears on youtube.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco Of course it is more relevant. You attempted to put your points across by addressing things that were personal to my likes and dislikes. in other words, you decided to target me in order to put a point across. I have never yet singled you out or used you as an example in any way. Also, I did not intentionally 'search' for this video, but that's irrelevant.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco Don't try and load your frustration on me. Why you've decided to make me your enemy in your own mind I don't know. But to be honest, I really do not care.

[wicaco]

@Victoriana25 ...Because you're pretentious.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco You are now only proving my points.

[wicaco]

@Victoriana25 People are always more willing to criticize other cultures without looking inward at their own. "These beautiful animals," what an arbitrary way of thinking. Why are bears "beautiful" enough to fight for but not cows, chickens, pigs, sheep, turkeys? It's just like the stupid World Wildlife Fund that only cares about saving "cute" endangerous species but nevermind the "ugly" ones that are just as important to their environments or often even moreso.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco WWF do outstanding work for a variety of species. Who are you to judge what is cute and what is ugly? Are you now saying animals that are 'cute' shouldn't be protected because they're 'cute'? Why do have something against those who are already trying to make a difference to the lives of animals?

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco Yes,I may have been naive,but every one is to a great many things.This is brie cheese we're talking about, for goodness sake.Why should I have expected to have to stand up for my choice to eat cheese all for commenting on a circus cruelty youtube video?Why you felt compelled to visit my channel I don't know,but if you have some other hidden problem with me(I can't accept that you're THIS bothered about my personal meat-restricted eating habits)then I'd rather you just admit it & move on.

[wicaco]

@Victoriana25 1. As I said, the matter of whether something is natural or not is completely irrelevant to the discussion. Hemlock is natural, but that doesn't mean you should eat that! 2. Yes, I avoid all of those things, but I'm also not the one criticizing another culture in this discussion. 3. If you perceive me as being "hostile", it's only because you're ashamed, which you really shouldn't be. I'm just pointing out that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco How exacly am I criticising a culture? Teaching bears to dance is not a culture in it's own right. Even so, culture should always be open to critisism, just as laws and religions should. I am sorry to disapoint you but I am by no means ashamed. I do not know what you suspect me of being ashamed about.

Also, if you do not wish to eat such things, that is your choice and your business.

[Victoriana25]

@wicaco Secondly,not that it's any of your business but I limit my personal intake of meat to less than twice weekly because I disagree with the sheer amount of animals killed for our consumption.Too many lives go to waste every day,as humans our diet simply does not require the amount of meat consumed typically by the average person.You wanna have a go at me for eating cheese?In case you are ignorant to them,there's bigger problems in the world and you're a sad individual to target me for this.

[punk4life516]

@Victoriana25 they get free shit. theyll do anything

[marshadedukh]

@Victoriana25 the bears probably eat more than most of the people in the whole country of North Korea....If the greatest concern is the 'beautiful animals' then our world really IS doomed.

[Victoriana25]

@marshadedukh So you think that human's shouldn't be concerned about other animals at all because they are people out there who are hard done by the rest of the human race? What's wrong with being concerned for both?

[Victoriana25]

@marshadedukh It's that 'Human's are more important' attitude which keeps us burning fossil fuels, altering the earth's climate and ruining our eco systems. THAT is what is going to 'doom' our earth. I never said that I sympathise for these bears more than those who are starving, it is you that decided to add that pathetic twist.

[SPARTANN09]

@Victoriana25 Gotta ask: are you some sort of psychic bear expert? No? How do you know the bears aren't having fun? Just because they don't do it on their own doesn't mean they do not gain any sort of amusement from doing it. It's unnatural, yes, but unnatural is not synonymous with cruelty. Until you have proof of abuse of these bears (which would be absolutely horrible), then you're just full of shit. It may not be natural for dogs to fetch, but my border collie doesn't wanna do anything but.

[mcom234]

@Victoriana25 It's people like you that make me hate humans. seriously. why is that only a few percentage of people in the world have a functioning brain?

[br3ntor]

That shit is fucked up.

[jayred7]

Poor bears. They are not supposed to "work" so people will earn lots of money.

These bears belong to the wild.

[Vladutz2000]

and you and your kind belong in reeeducation camp

[jayred7]

@Vladutz2000 -- Shouldn't you be saying that to yourself?

[Vladutz2000]

its disgusting that some people care about these stupid animals and not for the most inteligent animal the human and about this these animals are breed specially for this are loved and are given food take them into the wild and they wont survive a week

[jayred7]

@Vladutz2000 And who says these bears are stupid? It's simple: humnas are cruel to take them out of their natural habitat and force them to "work" for money they (bears) don't need.

Don't assume that all pro-animals don't help people in need. Because I do, too.

Be more diplomatic online, please. There is no need for antagonism and rudeness here.

[Victoriana25]

Clearly you know very little about the natural world.

[gschjetne]

@Vladutz2000 If you're not capable of having empathy towards more than one species at once, you're hardly much of an 'intelligent animal'.

[Vladutz2000]

how can anyoane care about other species when our species is suffering, bessides i bet you never been to backstage of a zoo these animals are loved and respected as i said if they were released tommorow they woul die of starvation

[INTERNETISREAL]

because you lose sight of the fact that we are all life. idealistic as it may sound, its the truth. and if you care only about you're own species then do you only care about you're own race?

[Vladutz2000]

there is only one race the human race we all come from africa ya know? and hearing all those animal rights activists comparing human genocide to a bunch of chickens being killed for food is disgusting, and as i said before these animals are breed and cared for and loved for a reason your people are the idealist here as these animals wouldnt survive in the wild, oh and the whole movement of animal rights is just a remnant of a cold war propaganda

[INTERNETISREAL]

you know nothing. and explain to me exactly what the animal rights movement has to do with the cold war? because a bunch of rich hippies popped up in the 60s. and you know what, even if you can prove that it had something to do with cold war propaganda doesnt mean that in an ideal world its not right. by the way any animal that can ride a motorcycle pretty much constitutes as a human to me. maybe your just saying that cause you cant put down dem mcnuggetzzz

[Vladutz2000]

ever hear of laika? the us demonized the ussr for not retreiving that dog all of this sparked and all the nutcasess went out of theyr caves and well you know the rest, and believe me i hate mcdonalds crappy food for retards and if an animal that was thought by humans to ride a human vehicle constitutes a human to you i sugest you retreat into the woods teach bears and other animals to wield guns and start a revolution that would crush the human opresors, or you would be just end up being eated

[INTERNETISREAL]

my animals rights speech wasnt directed toward russia.

[Vladutz2000]

i am not russian i am lipovan, i also like animals but the things these animal rights ativists do is just batshit insane animal welfare yes animal rights fuck no

[ejoydancer]

What do you mean you didnt see animla cruelty the bears look extremly uncomfortable cant you tell its to tight on them watch it again dumbass

[paisabombom2133]

i wanna cry after watching this vid, poor bears i could c the r suffering, RUSSIA makes me sick, why people do this it makes so sick, poor bears the dont have no voice 2 speak 4 itself, if russia still do this, its a BIG SHAME, poor bears they r so cute THAT PEOPLE HAVE NO SOUL

[doobiesmoke15]

How do you know those bears aren't having fun?

[21stCenturyRebel]

Russia??? This is North Korea you dopey.

[Warrantofficer13]

I dont see how this is animal cruelty, you damn animal rights activists should watch 28 days later and see how you guys fuck everything up.

[cubscout89]

Bears are definitely having *FUN* :-) I agree with Warrantofficer13 & doobiesmoke15! If you can't enjoy a good bear circus, change the channel. No one is forcing anyone to watch these bears having *FUN*!

[shortydann]

FUN??? Do you really think those bears are jumping ONLY because of FUN???

YOU ARE SO SICK

[cubscout89]

Change the channel if you don't like it, no one is forcing you to watch this GREAT BEAR SHOW:-) yOU are sick for forcing yourself to watch something you hate;-) HA HA HA -so you are really SICK:o)

[shortydann]

why shuold i change the channel? ... im not that kind of human who just look away if i see a problem , but you are just A GREAT MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE . GET A LIFE YOU STUPID DUMBASS

[AdamSevaniLuva]

2 words.  ANIMAL CRUELTY.

[masacrist]

@AdamSevaniLuva yeh but its fun to watch so it makes up for it

[charlotteccw]

@AdamSevaniLuva I totaly agree with you I mean making them work is alot but dressing them up is so horrid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[cubscout89]

Very cute cubs!

[boomer787]

this is cool