By Michael BuckA Ross Township woman
who keeps exotic animals as pets was killed this evening after she was
attacked by her pet black bear, an official with the Pennsylvania Game Commission said.
Pennsylvania State Police said they were summoned about 5 o'clock to a home in the 7200 block of Dogwood Lane for a report of the attack. Kelly Ann Walz, 37, was found with fatal injuries she received in the attack, state police at Lehighton said.
Tim Conway, the game commission’s information educational supervisor for the northeast region, said Walz went inside the bear’s 15-by-15-foot steel and concrete cage to clean it and
feed the bear.
While she was inside, the 350-pound bear turned on Walz and killed her, officials said.
Initial reports indicate a
neighbor shot the bear while it was on top of Walz, Conway said.
Conway said the bear had been kept as a
pet since 2000 when the owners applied for a license.
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