Horror as bear on a bike EATS a monkey at the end of sick circus cycle race

A video is believed to have been filmed at Shanghai Wild Animal Park
Crowd is heard cheering and laughing as animals forced to ride in 'race'
Bear attacks the monkey after it crashes on the track

PUBLISHED: 09:41 EST, 7 May 2013 | UPDATED: 14:43 EST, 7 May 2013

A monkey was mauled by a bear after a disturbing circus stunt went wrong.

A video has emerged online of two monkeys and a black bear being forced to ride bicycles around a track in front of a large crowd.

After two laps of the track, one of the monkeys crash and the bear then attacks it as it lies stuck under the bicycle.

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The two monkeys and the bear are put on the bikes before being shooed off by staff holding sticks

Crowds can be heard cheering and laughing as the animals ride around the small arena

The gruesome video is believed to have been shot at the Shanghai Wild Animal Park, in China, which has hit the headlines in the past for its 'Wild Animal Olympics'.

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In the video, the audience can be heard cheering and laughing as the animals are sent riding around the small arena.

Circus workers holding sticks push the small bikes off but after a few seconds one monkey and the bear crash.

Staff can be seen desperately trying to force the bear off as it grabs the small monkey in its mouth.

At one stage three workers, dressed in brightly coloured costumes, try to wrestle the bear away, while another leads the second monkey away.

Bear mauls a monkey during 'bike race' at Shanghai Wild Park

The animals crash into one another after one of the monkeys falls from its bike after about two laps

Campaign group Animals Asia said it has previously documented cheetahs, lions, tigers, bears, chimpanzees and an elephant being forced to perform in the 'Wild Animal Olympics'.

It is not clear when the latest video was taken but Shanghai Wild Animal Park said in 2006 that the Olympic event had been scrapped following complaints and 'out of consideration for the safety of our visitors.'

Stunts in the show had included making bears box one another and ride bicycles, kangaroos boxing humans and monkeys lifting weights.

Visitors to the park can also pay to have their picture taken with the big cats and other animals.

Animals Asia said some of the creatures had also been declawed.

China Tour Online's website said the park 'offers animal performances, showing the charm and skill of the animals and their gift in performing.'

The bear then attacks the animal lying under the bike in front of the shocked animal park crowd

Despite the frantic efforts of the zoo staff who hit the bear with sticks, it continues to maul the monkey

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SMH, what gets me is how they seem so shocked and astonished. I wonder how many beatings these poor animals had to endure in order to learn these stunts.

- litapita , AHWATUKEE, United States, 09/5/2013 04:33

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No accounting for taste in China or elsewhere

- TheCarCzarsPage , Clackamas, United States, 09/5/2013 03:47

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Some days you get the bear and some days the bear gets you. -American saying

- Computer_Expert , Washington DC, 09/5/2013 03:47

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To what depth can the human race sink ...truly horrible people !!

- Brisie , Teddington, 09/5/2013 03:38

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No one should be surprised this happened. A bear is a wild animal and wild animals do what wild animals do.

- rlwieneke , Fort Smith AR, United Kingdom, 09/5/2013 03:16

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the trainers should be the next meal for the bear.

- Jon Woodard , va., United States, 09/5/2013 03:01

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the trainers should be the next meal for the bear.

- Jon Woodard , va., United States, 09/5/2013 02:54

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Some days you eat the bear, some days....

- BlueHens.fan , Newark, United States, 09/5/2013 02:48

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I bet this bear is gonna escape one day, steal the closest bike, disappear into the forest. There he will proceed to train his fellow bears on how to ride said bike. At which point I expect to see a sudden rise in unexplainable bicycle thefts. It will be blamed on aliens. By the time people figure out that the bears are behind the thefts, it will be to late. Society as we know it will cease to exist. We will be overrun by wave after wave of bears on bicycles. Please tell every one you know. WE STILL HAVE TIME!!!

- FleaHarrington , sparks, United States, 09/5/2013 01:48

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LOOKS like Obama after more taxpayer' s money to me. Socialism and Communism kills EVERY THING!!!

- obama donnalikea , yokohama, Japan, 09/5/2013 01:43

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