Video: Bear rides shotgun in sidecar

A video has emerged from Russia showing two men riding pillion on a Ural sidecar outfit, with a brown bear in the sidecar.

The video was apparently filmed in Syktyvkar, in the Komi Republic by Nicholas Pasynkov, who says it was an unusual sight. It’s been revealed that the ride was a publicity stunt by local motorcycle club the Polar Wolves and a visiting circus to raise money for a children’s psychoneurological clinic in the city.

While the bear looks relaxed enough during the video, animals used in circuses are ‘captives who are forced—under threat of punishment—to perform confusing, uncomfortable, repetitious, and often painful acts’, according to animal rights charity PETA.

Here are the riders squeezing 22-year-old Tim, who appears to be wearing a tight collar, into the sidecar.

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