Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Exotic In All Aspects

Sam Mazzola lived and died an exotic lifestyle.

Mazzola had been in trouble for years for mistreating the wild creatures he kept captive, and in 2009, the USDA fined him more than $13,000 and permanently cancelled his federal license to sell or exhibit exotic animals. Yet that didn't prevent a black bear he owned from mauling to death a 24-year-old woman who helped take feed and take care of animals at "Mazzola's World Animal Studios". The bear was later put to death, and almost a year later, Mazzola was found face down on his waterbed by a teenage co-worker.

Coroners in Ohio have determined Mazzola's death was an accidental choking, during a consensual sexual act, and have ruled out both suicide and homicide. He was found dead with "an object in his throat" and a "leather mask with the eyes and mouth zipped shut and a two-piece metal sphere covering his head" while "handcuffed to chains that were attached to the bed and the floor" along with padlocks. The examining coroner said there was someone else at the home who helped Mazzola complete these acts, but, had left before he had died. So they left him bound and gagged, and took a smoke break that they never returned from? Odd, but if this is an accidental "unattended death" according to Ohio, so be it.

As of March, Mazzola had four black bears, a coyote, three raccoons, a skunk and a red fox. Now they're free!

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