This Man Took A Bear Cub For Walkies Down A Russian Street

A bear cub was taken for walkies in bizarre footage that’s going viral online.

The astonishing video was filmed in Pervouralsk, Russia, on Wednesday.

A passerby spotted a man running down the street with a bear who was attached to a lead.

The playful animal bounces around just like a dog would do in similar circumstances.

The man looks like he’s trying to control the cub and get it to sit, or at least calm down.

He doesn’t have much luck though.

The filmer then turns the camera to himself and just says: “Russia.”

Pervouralsk is located on the Chusovaya River in central Russia, and has a population of around 125,000.

The footage comes in the same week that a Canadian couple discovered a black bear taking a dip in their hot tub pool.

Footage emerged of the animal casually wallowing in the swimming pool of Denise and Tony Diering in Vancouver before it moved to the neighbouring tub.

The bear stuck around for 15 minutes before wandering off through a hole in the couple’s fence.