bizarre pictures have emerged of two models posing seductively with a giant brown bear as part of an anti hunting campaign the photos, taken in a forest outside moscow in russia, show maria sidorova and lidia fetisova hugging and kissing the 650kg bear, named stephen organisers wanted to highlight the importance of living 'side by side' with bears and to discourage hunting   but in one picture, a model was shown wearing a fur coat scroll down for video  bizarre: despite the anti hunting message, one of the models, lidia fetisova, was pictured  wearing a fur coat as she hugged the 650kg bear  loving embrace: organisers of the photo shoot wanted to highlight the importance of living 'side by side' with bears and to discourage hunting  bear hug: model maria sidorova is pictured kneeling on a single bed and wrapping her arms around stephen the brown bear   in a forest outside moscow  photographer olga barantseva, who captured the images, said: 'we wanted to show the natural harmony between humans and bears 'it is about showing a traditional friendship   just like between two human friends   but between humans and the bears in russia 'we all need to live side by side in harmony and not hunt our fellow citizens who live in the forest' in one shot, the bear wraps his paws around one of the models while she is lying in the snow wearing a swimming costume the same model is seen wearing a fur coat in one picture, despite the anti hunting message   although it is not clear whether the fur is real dare to bare: lidia fetisova, pictured wearing a swimming costume, clambered on top of stephen for one the bizarre pictures  call of the wild: 18 year old stephen sits on a bed and appears to let out a roar as maria sidorova, dressed in a nightie, sits in front of the animal  gentle giant: lidia fetisova lies down in the snow and cuddles up next to stephen as the giant 650kg brown bear shows his fearsome claws  the models revealed that stephen was free to do 'what he wanted' during the photo shoot but lidia insisted the bear did not harm her at all  stephen, the 18 year old, 22metre tall bear, was rescued by his owner yuriy panteleenko, who found him barely alive in the hands of hunters he negotiated the three month old bear's release, but soon discovered his mother had either abandoned him or been slaughtered and he was too weak instead mr panteleenko took him in and hand raised him like a parent but after being hand reared, stephen was unable to reintegrate back into the wild the professional circus trainer eventually trained stephan to become a movie star   and the animal has since appeared in a host of russian blockbusters including, tsar stephen, the 18 year old, 22metre tall bear, was rescued by his owner yuriy panteleenko (pictured with the orange top), who found him barely alive in the hands of hunters  lidia fetisova said she alllowed stephen to hug her and lick her face and hands she described the bizarre photo shoot as 'a very special experience' he added: 'stephen is a very special bear i would say he is a unique bear he is very clever, kind and beautiful' mr panteleenko used mozzarella and sweet cookies   stephens favourite treats   to coax him into position for the incredible photographs one of the models, maria, said: 'i had been looking forward to this shoot for a while but the reality even exceeded my dreams of what it would be like to interact with such a big animal 'i could hug a real bear, speak to him and hide under his giant paw photographer olga barantseva, who captured the images, said she wanted to 'show the natural harmony between humans and bears' maria sidorova holds a toy bear while a stephen perches on a bed behind her the model admitted she was frightened to start with but added: 'as soon as i hugged hum i felt his warmth and how soft his fur was' mr panteleenko (pictured sitting with the bear) used mozzarella and sweet cookies   stephens favourite treats   to coax him into position for the incredible photographs  mr panteleenko, a professional circus trainer, eventually trained stephan to become a movie star   and the animal has since appeared in a host of russian blockbusters including, tsar  'in the beginning i was frightened, but as soon as i hugged hum i felt his warmth and how soft his fur was 'the experience made me realise that these animals are not all blood thirsty and dangerous to humans   we can co exist together peacefully as long as we respect them' lidia said: 'during the shoot the bear was almost free to do what he wanted   but he did not harm me 'to be hugged by him and let him lick my face and hands was a very special experience'
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