A circus bear that mauled a pregnant trainer in front of screaming children and their parents at a Russian circus may have attacked because it was ‘jealous’ of the woman’s unborn child.

The brown bear lunged at the woman during a circus act with two trainers and another bear in Oryol, western Russia.

She survived with only cuts and bruises and said her unborn child was unharmed.

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