The 80-kilogram female was 'running wild' and endangering passengers, but was later found dead.
A brown bear cub filmed trying to have a swing at a playground in Tomsk region.
Handler defends moving the reptile in extreme conditions after media highlight animal's death from hypothermia.
Child needs hospital treatment after circus worker walked the lion 'like a dog' with no muzzle.
Residents warned to stay away from the animals, with two men already having been savagely attacked... but there is happy news for two little cubs.
Tigre de Cristal under fire for 'abusing' rare big cat to promote gambling revolution.
Little orphaned cubs given fresh chance after being rescued and then adopted and nurtured with the help of zoos and vets.
Often bears encroaching towns are shot, but in Dalnegorsk they spared the life of 'too friendly' wild animal.
They wear military headgear, raise the flag, carry knives in their mouths, and shoot at a target.