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Pet Bear Caged Near Home Kills Pa. Woman
theindychannel.com ^
| 10/04/2009
| unknown
Posted on 10/05/2009 5:30:59 AM PDT by Abathar
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania said a woman was killed by her pet black bear as she cleaned its cage.
State police said 37-year-old Kelly Ann Walz was mauled to death Sunday evening by the 350-pound bear.
A state Game Commission spokesman said Walz kept the bear inside a steel and concrete cage near her house about 20 miles northeast of Allentown.
Officials said Walz threw a shovelful of dog food to one side of the cage to distract the bear while she cleaned the other side. At some point, the bear turned on her and attacked.
The bear was shot and killed. No information was available about who shot the bear.
Game officials said Walz also owned a Bengal tiger and an African lion. They said she had licenses to own the animals.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bearchow; bears; darwin; maul; napl; wildlife
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Darwin wins another one...
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:31:01 AM PDT
by
Abathar
To: Abathar
Yogi didn’t quite live up to his usual stereotype?
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:33:50 AM PDT
by
umgud
(Look to gov't to solve your everday problems and they'll control your everday life.)
To: Abathar
They said she had licenses to own the animals...but didn't renew her license to be stupid
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:33:53 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Abathar
The mind of the bear - “Hmmmmm ... shovel-ful of dry dog food ... fresh meat .... decisions, decisions...”
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:34:12 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Abathar
They said she had licenses to own the animals. She should have shown the license to the bear.
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:35:48 AM PDT
by
Dan(9698)
To: Abathar
And all this happened after she wrote a preachy anti-hunting letter to her local paper.
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:38:28 AM PDT
by
relictele
To: umgud
Hey there Mistah Ranger! No, that’s not a human femur in my mouth, notatall, good sir!
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:39:36 AM PDT
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: Abathar
A 350 pound “pet” black bear. Something doesn’t compute.
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:40:37 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: Abathar
She should have kept her pet bear in the house.
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:43:01 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
(If Catholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
To: b4its2late
My neighbor has a 170# great Dane “lap dog”, so I can see this...
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:44:13 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Abathar
I can’t imagine the bear was really happy in a cement and steel cage.
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:47:26 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(This tagline excerpted. To read more, click on MyOverratedBlog.com)
To: DuncanWaring
Not another bag of “Old Roy” kibbles - To hell with this! I want somthing with gravy! Waitress?
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:49:51 AM PDT
by
Never on my watch
(The lunatics are in the White House - meet me on the dark side of the Moon.)
To: Abathar
I have a “lap shark” - is this a good idea?
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:50:43 AM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
(Truth is called hate by those who hate the truth.)
To: Dumpster Baby
Depends, are you wanting any children in your future?
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:53:08 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: relictele
And all this happened after she wrote a preachy anti-hunting letter to her local paper. Do you have a link to that letter?
This story and that really should go together....
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:54:58 AM PDT
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Life, Liberty and the Department of Happiness)
To: Abathar
There’s a lot wrong with the story. ‘Pet bear’ for one thing, that doesn’t compute. And a bear being kept in a 15x15 enclosure. I’m sure she thought she was doing good but really, does someone who loves wild animals keep them in a too-small steel enclosure?
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posted on
10/05/2009 5:56:37 AM PDT
by
ktscarlett66
(Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
To: Abathar
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posted on
10/05/2009 6:00:56 AM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(No, I am Jim Thompson!!)
To: Abathar
“Some days you eat the bear, some days the bear eats you”
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posted on
10/05/2009 6:03:13 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front.)
To: Abathar
She forgot the number 1 rule: Never treat wild animals as pets!
To: Abathar
I guess, but IMHO there is a big difference between a bear and a dog....
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posted on
10/05/2009 6:11:58 AM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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