Bears Playing Ice Hockey Russia

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Bears playing ice hockey russia. Bear on the ice in a circus in kiev ukraine. Russian bears have been playing ice hockey as they ve been trained to do in various circuses since 1962. A video of bears playing ice hockey has again gone viral recently. The animals actually play the sport surprisingly well.

But there s no way this can be real. Yes this is a real bear playing hockey in russia eurosport hockey is a big deal in russia and the country has produced a host of excellent players over the years. The bears are outfitted with sticks and jerseys as a rather sizable crowd watches. The two minute clip above shows brown bears sliding around a rink deking shoving and slap shooting.

Not too sure where this originated from probably old ussr or similar. Video of a bear blowing a vuvuzela while being driven through the streets of moscow has sparked world outrage including condemnation from animal rights group peta. The moscow circus on ice was founded in 1962 and as. I am not saying i approve nor disapprove i am just posting a video.

Terry jones wrote in the edmonton sun in december 1998 of the moscow circus on ice s tour of canada and how three russian oilers mikhail shtalenkov andrei kovalenko and boris mironov went to a small rink in clive alta for a photo op with the bears.