News Source: The News Journal
| about 1 month ago
For 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 ago
A 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 ago
Authorities 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 ago
Police 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...