Thread: Remember the Pet Chimpanzee Attack?

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I've never understood people who keep wild animals for pets thinking they are cute and friendly. Even highly trained people often times fall victim to these animals. Chimps are smart and high strung kind of like a two year old with a tantrum just that this two year old doesn't know the meaning of no and weighs a few hundred pounds and can tear a human limb from limb.

When dealing with animals ... well, it is only a matter of time before the animal lashes out.

My heart goes out to the injured woman.

What really bothers me about this situation is that the owner of the pet was having trouble with the animal's behavior weeks before the attack. She was giving the animal Xanex (sp) for weeks to calm the animal down.

Knowing this ... Why didnt the owner of the Chimp arm herself accordingly to deal with an out of control animal in public ... ?


Irresponsible behavior by the owner/handler IMO.

Aren't chimps cute?

I feel really sorry for this woman. When she said that she still had hope to recover her sight right up until the point where she learned her eyes had had to have been removed, I choked up a little. I really hope her suit against her friend is successful, it might make other people think twice before getting a dangerous animal as a pet.

I just don't think people should be allowed to own certain animals as pets - snakes, chimps, tigers and their like (for the richer people) should be right out. Pythons that have escaped are apparently a real problem in Florida. The video shows just what chimps can do, and tigers are endangered in the wild, so should be kept in the wild or a zoo to bolster world breeding stocks and numbers, not in a cage in some millionaire's backyard as a conversation piece. Rats (incredibly smart, very clean and very friendly - a vastly underrated pet, IMHO), cat, dogs, horses, rabbits etc all make perfectly good pets, so why do you need to have something unusual just to show how different you can be?

Poor girl. Monkeys and food are NOT your friends. They're not your friends. BTW, Oprah is a bloodsucker.

Originally Posted by JohnnyCakeDC

BTW, Oprah is a bloodsucker.

Someone should start a thread on this topic! She is disgusting at best.

Originally Posted by JMS

Someone should start a thread on this topic! She is disgusting at best.

Yeah, I've long said she'll be worshiped as a pagan deity centuries from now by some group.

Chris L

Originally Posted by JMS

Someone should start a thread on this topic! She is disgusting at best.

It Is Done.