US family live with 13 pet bears

Source: Agencies | May 6, 2015, Wednesday |

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JOHNNY Welde only needs the bare necessities in life - the 13 bears that live in his backyard.

While most families spend their days walking the dog or feeding the cat, the Welde family has been rolling around their Florida estate - dubbed Bearadise Ranch - for generations, Daily Mail reported.

And though the 1,000lb animals could crush you with one swing, they are not at all scared, the report said.

'We live and breathe these animals, we love them and they are a part of us,' Monica Welde, Johnny's wife, said.

'We know what these animals are capable of and we could read them - we would never put our children in danger.

'In the wild, bears can be dangerous animals - but the relationship we have with them is built up over years of living with them, 365 days a year.'

The Welde family first brought bears into their ranks 89 years ago, when Johnny's grandfather Johnny Welde I moved over from Norway.

Fascinated with bears, the elder Welde had been training the deadly animals in his home country and in 1948 he brought a circus of them to the States for his first tour.

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US family live with 13 pet bears

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