Roller-skating circus bear attacks its trainer in front of screaming children after he forcefully made the animal perform

This is the terrifying moment a circus bear attacked his trainer in front of screaming children after forcing the animal to perform.

The roller skating bear, a female named Dzhema, was forced to perform tricks during the ironically named ‘Happiness Show’ at Mash Circus, Obnisk, Russia on June 1.

Shocking footage captured by an onlooker shows trainer Oleg Krasov forcing Dzhema to sit in a chair with a pair of roller skates strapped to her hind legs.

Under the fluorescent lights, you can see the bear slumped in the chair as hundreds of faces around the room peer out to watch the sick act unfold.

Suddenly, Krasov grabs the animal’s fur with both hands and pulls her out of the chair, forcing her to stand on her hind legs.

Circus trainer Oleg Krasov was seen in footage of bear Dzhema being dragged to her hind legs after sitting on a chair

After pulling her across the circus floor on her roller skates, Krasov walked away before the bear launched her revenge attack

Dzhema brought Krasov to the ground in an attack that sent parents running from the room with their screaming children

He then forcefully drags Dzhema across the circular, red circus floor on her roller skates before letting her go and quickly walking away.

But as Dzhema falls to the ground, she begins to jump at her cruel trainer while his back is to her.

Seeking revenge, the bear charges at Krasov until she hits him and drags him to the ground as he struggles to control the predator.

Dramatically waving his hands in front of him proves a futile method of getting Dzhema away from him, as she holds her position on top of him as the audience rises from their seats in panic.

Parents rush their screaming children out of the arena as horrified circus workers rush onto the stage in an attempt to tame the angry bear as she towers over Krasov.

According to local reports, Krasov survived the surprise attack without serious injury.

The circus management later tried to pass off the attack as ‘normal’.

They said in a statement: ‘She didn’t hurt him at all. She was actually playing with him.

‘These are her normal actions. She loves him.’

It comes just under two months after a bear attacked its handler at a circus in Zaporizhizhia, Ukraine, in front of shocked spectators.

The trainer had given the bear a ‘treat’ before the animal turned on him.

Footage from an onlooker captured the moment the brown creature leapt onto its hind legs and charged at the handler during the shock attack.

The bear tore the man’s shirt with its claws, leaving gaping holes in the material as the trainer fought to control the animal.

And last month, disturbing footage captured the sickening moment two bears had to box each other on their hind legs in front of a laughing audience in a brutal Russian circus.

A trainer was attacked by a bear in April after giving him a treat during a performance in Ukraine

Disturbing footage from a Russian circus shows bears wearing shorts as they stand under the venue’s fluorescent lights and fight in front of hundreds of cheering spectators.

The wild beasts – removed from their natural habitat – were seen dressed in shorts and boxing gloves in shocking videos shared online.

The animals were made to perform in boxing rings under fluorescent lights in front of large and loud audiences in resorts such as Sochi on the Black Sea.

Following an increasing number of reports of this ‘cruelty’, and as more and more shocking images of such events are shared online, animal lovers are now calling for the practice to be abolished.

A petition by Russian animal rights activist Yuri Koretskikh against such cruel spectacles has been signed by more than 116,000 people.

However, circuses remain popular in Russia, and animals are traditionally a central part of performances.

Koretskikh heads the Russian Alliance of Animal Protectors and said: “While modern world circus art is rapidly moving towards humanity and banning the use of animals in circuses, the Russian circus lobby actively opposes progress and defends its commercial interests.”

Recent polls show that the majority of respondents “no longer want to see animals suffer in circuses,” the campaign said.