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P.S. Performing Bear Mauls Caretaker

In this March 18, 2006 file photo, during an exhibition wrestling match at a sportsmen's show in Cleveland, Lance Palmer takes on Ceaser, a 650-pound black  bear owned by Sam Mazzola. On Thursday, another  bear  owned by Mazzola fatally mauled its caretaker at Mazzola's animal sanctuary. Mazzola accumulated dozens of dangerous, exotic animals despite past convictions and losing his license after animal rights activists complained he was making money by letting people wrestle  bears. Story here. (2006 AP file photo/Jamie-Andrea Yanak, File)



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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