Mazzola’s animals relocated (with video)

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP — The area around 9978 North Marks Road will never be the same because the wild animals that belonged to the late Sam Mazzola, who died on July 10, are no longer there.

Mazzola’s collection of exotic animals such as lions, bears, and tigers are well-known throughout the area because he often invited neighbors to see them.

Since his death, three bears were relocated to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colo.

Pat Craig, the executive director of the animal sanctuary, said that a woman who said that she was Mazzola’s girlfriend called his sanctuary and told them that they were looking for a place for his bears. The sanctuary is one of only two in the country to take in bears...see video

Bears Expected To Be Removed From Sam Mazzola's Property Today

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Teen boy chained Mazzola

Mazzola’s death is another chapter in the story of the controversial wild animal owner. For years, he was the subject of complaints and investigations concerning the animals he kept at his North Marks Road home in Columbia Station and the bear wrestling act he operated before it was shut down...more

Exotic Exit: Sam Mazzola’s animals are on the move

19 Action News cameras were rolling Wednesday night as the lions, tigers, bears and other animals were hauled away.

Friday, they'll move the bears and that should be the end of the exotic farm.

Meantime, Mazzola's death is still under investigation as police search for a person who may have been with him in his last hours…see video

FOX 8 WJW - Cleveland: Mazzola's Animals Removed

As the investigation continues into the death of exotic animal trainer Sam Mazzola, dozens of animals are being removed from his sanctuary in Lorain County. Fox 8's Jack Shea has the story...see video

Authorities want to know who was at Sam Mazzola's home in the hours before he died

Lorain County Sheriff's deputies are still trying to determine who was at Sam Mazzola's North Marks Road compound in the hours before and after he died...more

Exotic animal owner Sam Mazzola died bound in his home during an apparent sex act gone wrong, coroner says

Exotic-animal owner Sam Mazzola was found dead in his Columbia Station home Sunday, "bound to the bed with handcuffs, chains and padlocks," said Lorain County Deputy Coroner Frank Miller...more

Sam Mazzola was found handcuffed to bed, coroner says

Controversial exotic animal owner Sam Mazzola, who was found dead Sunday at his North Marks Road compound, died of asphyxia due to an airway obstruction, Deputy Lorain County Coroner Frank Miller said Monday...more

Future of Exotic Animal Farm Unknown after Death of Owner

But some residents in the northwest section of town are hoping the death of their owner, Sam Mazzola, will mean the animals will move on. "I'm sorry to hear the owner has died, but I hope to stop worrying about my kids being mauled by a wandering lion...more

Bear-Owner Mazzola Found Deceased

Mazzola had been criticized for staging wrestling exhibits between bears and humans for a number of years. Eventually his license to exhibit animals was revoked by the USDA, but he was allowed to continue keeping animals...more

Sheriff: Bear Owner Sam Mazzola Found Dead

The Lorain County Sheriff's Office confirms that Sam Mazzola, the exotic animal owner whose bear fatally mauled a caretaker last year, was found dead in his home Sunday afternoon...see video

Mazzola found dead at Columbia Township home

Controversial exotic animal owner Sam Mazzola was found dead in bed this morning by an employee...more