Pet bear mauls owner’s wife
This is the sad story of Kelly Ann Walz, the 37-year old wife of Michael Walz the President of the World of Reptiles Inc. She was mauled in the cage by their pet bear when she entered the cage to clean it. She threw some meat to keep the bear distracted but, unnoticed by her, the bear pounced upon her. Normally, cages have two compartments – the animal is moved o one portion while the other is being cleaned. Somehow, that was not followed. Her children saw the horrible incident and shouted for help. By the time help arrived, Kelly Ann had died. The bear was shot down. Michael had a business of keeping wild animals as pets in his farmhouse in the mountains of Pocono – these included a lion, cougar, tiger, black bear, and leopard etcetera. He was licensed to keep the animals as pets.
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- News Source: The News Journal | about 1 month agoFor nine years, Kelly Ann Walz kept the black bear she called "Teddy" as a pet, raising it from cubhood at her hilltop menagerie where she also cared for a mountain lion and tiger. On Sunday night, she went into Teddy's 15-by-15-foot steel-and-...
- News Source: Associated Press | about 1 month agoA woman was killed by a captive 350-pound black bear as she cleaned its cage Sunday night, officials said Monday as they revealed her husband, an exotic pet dealer, was operating with an expired license. Kelly Ann Walz, 37, was pronounced dead at the...
- News Source: Charlotte Observer Online | about 1 month agoAuthorities in northeastern Pennsylvania say a woman was killed by her pet black bear as she cleaned its cage. State police say 37-year-old Kelly Ann Walz was mauled to death Sunday evening by the 350-pound bear. A state Game Commission spokesman...
- News Source: United Press International | about 1 month agoPolice say they're investigating the death of a Pennsylvania woman who was apparently killed by her pet bear...Authorities told the broadcaster the bear wasn't the only exotic animal on the property, located in Monroe County about 35 miles north of...
- Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.comFor nine years, Kelly Ann Walz kept the black bear she called. ... At one time, the Walzes kept an African lion, cougar, jaguar, tiger, bear, leopard and two servals on the wooded property in Ross Township, a rural area about 30 miles northeast of
- Blog Source: www.alldeaf.comWalz, who has been licensed since 1994, reported to authorities in 2007 that he kept a lion, cougar, jaguar, tiger, black bear, leopard and two servals on the property in Ross Township, a rural area in the Pocono Mountains, about 20 miles ... Michael
- Blog Source: calvininjax.wordpress.comHer husband, Michael Walz, is listed in state corporation records as the president of World of Reptiles Inc. The business was created in 1988. His license to keep and sell exotic animals expired in June of 2008, Conway said. ... Walz, who has been
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