Elephants and tigers entertain public in cities along staggering 16,000km (9,950 mile) route.
Visitors get splashed with water and leave as handler uses hose to stop the predators.
Rodents also 'put in bottles and thrown to audience', claim protesters.
Less-than-lissom lions have been fed on junk food in captivity, says expert.
The wild cat jumped on its victim from behind as she queued at the ticket kiosk.
Runaway duo blocks traffic in the centre of the city as they splash in the snow.
Bear and goats among drowned animals at two zoos after typhoon and heavy rain hits Russian Far East.
A dramatic operation in biting cold of minus 41C saved elephants Magda and Jenny from death after a fire in the trailer carrying them across Siberia.
Angry big cat rushed at Lyubov Yakovleva, 53, tearing flesh from her arm with its teeth.