Russian traffic police admit they are powerless to act against a new trend among the super rich of taking wild animals out for drives in their expensive cars.
Videos are going viral with an anonymous father and seven-year-old daughter taking a lion cub for a ride, apparently in the family Rolls Royce.
At one point the cub bites the girl’s coat and shows its teeth to her father who is driving the car.
Another video shows a man taking a brown bear for a spin in his Mercedes.
The footage was posted on an Instagram site dedicated to the antics of rich Russian kids.
But police have told the media that they can do little since taking wild animals for a ride is not a crime under the country’s traffic laws.
Recent reports say a rising number of wealthy Russians are keeping dangerous animals as pets.
The man who posted the footage of the bear in his Mercedes AMG boasted: ‘Our response to Dubai princes with leopards on passengers seats.’
The same man appears to have a lion cub as a pet. ‘Safety is guaranteed,’ he claimed.
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