According to Lehigh Valley Live, 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. Officials said while she was inside, the 350-pound bear turned on Walz and killed her. Initial reports indicate a neighbor shot the bear while it was on top of Walz.
Conway said the bear had been kept as a pet since 2000 when the owners applied for a license. This was no a free-roaming bear that attacked the woman. She also had a Bengal tiger and an African lion at the home. Both animals were licensed by the state to be kept as pets.
According to reports, Kelly Ann Walz threw some dog food to one side of the steel and concrete cage she kept near her house to distract her 350-pound black bear in order to clean the cage.
Authorities said the animal turned on the 37-year-old woman, who also owned a Bengal tiger and an African lion, and killed her.
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