Video footage from Yakutia divides opinion: cruelty or necessary because predator was dangerous to people? Inquiry is underway.
The exhausted bear can no longer run away, at which point the multi-ton lorry runs over animal with shouts and cheers from those involved. Picture: Yakutia Online
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The non-hibernating brown bear was killed by shift workers at a remote plant in Yakutia, also called the Sakha Republic in eastern Russia. The video, filmed on a mobile phone, shows how workers in a Ural truck chase the animal in deep snow.
The exhausted bear can no longer run away, at which point the multi-ton lorry runs over animal with shouts and cheers from those involved. The driver moves forward, then pulls back, trying to kill the bear.
Surprisingly, even after such torture the bear was still alive and humbly awaits its fate. It tried to escape, but then a second Ural lorry ran over the ailing animal.
Trapped under two front wheels, the workers finish it off with a crowbar to the head.
The non-hibernating brown bear was killed by shift workers at a remote plant in Yakutia, also called the Sakha Republic in eastern Russia. Pictures: The Siberian Times, Yakutia Online
The footage has caused a mixed reaction. Some say the bear - which failed to hibernate - posed a serious risk to people, and there was an angry debate on social media. Such animals are known to be aggressive.
But yucatan said: 'I would love to do the same to these bastards! They should not kill this way! They should not torture! The bear is a mystical creature, revengeful.'
Saata_Taas: 'Sadists, mentally ill people. It's disgusting, just horrible. More than this, they boast about their actions. Bastards, just filthy.'
Fester: 'Judging by the video, the fat layer of this is bear is normal. It moves slowly sluggishly. Did these stupid (people) drive it from its den just 'for fun'.'
Surprisingly, even after such torture the bear was still alive and humbly awaits its fate. Trapped under two front wheels, the workers finish it off with a crowbar. Pictures: Yakutia Online
But barga123 said: 'The bear was not hibernating, and had to be killed, before it came to some village.'
Michilicop added: 'Should these shift workers should wait until this bear kills a human, then call to the emergency service who send someone to kill it humanly and professionally? When the bear doesn't hibernate it will anyway die - by itself, or kill a human, and then will be shot for this. There is no other way.'
The minister of Nature Protection in the republic, Sakhamin Afanasiev, said: 'I ordered the hunting department to conduct a thorough investigation and take appropriate action.
'We will announce the results of the check.'
Archeologists discovered a new stone bracelet, two sharp pins, a marble ring and fox tooth pendants.
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