A caged brown bear has bitten off the arm of a 'drunk' man who tried to feed the animal at a Russian roadside cafe.

Andrey Sakharovsky, 42, was rushed to hospital after the terrifying incident, which occurred in Siberia's Irkutsk region.

Staff had sold Mr Sakharovsky cans of condensed milk in order to feed the three brown bears kept by the cafe to attract customers.

CCTV footage shows Mr Sakharovsky clambering over a fence to reach the cage followed by screams of terror - he was passing the cans through the bars when one of the bears grabbed his arm.

Mr Sakharovsky was instantly heard by cafe staff who ran to his aid.

The cafe's chef, Gabil Guseinov, used a shovel to push the bear away and get it to let go of Mr Sakharovsky's arm.

Mr Sakharovsky was eventually able to break free - but without his arm.

Footage shows paramedics rushing Mr Sakharovsky to the hospital on a stretcher.

CCTV footage shows Mr Sakharovsky, pictured top left, clambering over a fence to reach the cage followed by screams of terror - he was passing the cans through the bars when one of the bears grabbed his arm

CCTV footage shows Mr Sakharovsky, pictured top left, clambering over a fence to reach the cage followed by screams of terror - he was passing the cans through the bars when one of the bears grabbed his arm

Medics have admitted that they cannot reattach his arm due to the scale of the damage from the mauling.

Mr Guseinov said: 'It was very, very scary, I would not wish it on anyone.'

The man's brother Evgeny said: 'Of course, it is his fault.

'He jumped over [the fence] and went to feed them.

'The fence needs to be higher for drunk Russian men.'

Mr Sakharovsky was eventually able to break free - but without his arm. Pictured footage shows paramedics rushing Mr Sakharovsky to the hospital on a stretcher

Mr Sakharovsky was eventually able to break free - but without his arm. Pictured footage shows paramedics rushing Mr Sakharovsky to the hospital on a stretcher

Mr Sakharovsky was eventually able to break free - but without his arm. Pictured footage shows paramedics rushing Mr Sakharovsky to the hospital on a stretcher

But Mr Sakharovsky's brother is still demanding compensation because the cafe had sold him the condensed milk knowing he had the intention to feed the bears.

His family fear he cannot work again.

Evgeny added: 'He is disabled now.'

Police spokesman German Struglin told The Siberian Times that the bears should be put down due to the attack

He said the cafe owner should take this decision because they had now 'tasted human blood.'