A circus trainer almost met his end in front of a live audience when a performing bear turned on him during a show in front of hundreds of children and parents.

A circus bear attacked its handler during a show in Russia on Wednesday, with horrified spectators sitting nearby.

The circus manager said neither the trainer nor the bear were seriously injured, and blamed spectators for provoking the animal with flashes from cellphone cameras.

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A circus bear attacked its handler during a show in Russia on Wednesday, with horrified spectators sitting nearby. The traveling show took place in the town of Olonets in the Republic of Karelia ...

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In an instant, Yashka the 16-year-old Russian bear went from carting a wheelbarrow to viciously gnawing at his handler's arm.