Monkey attacks woman, Shot.

[The Stryker]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/ny...p.html?_r=1&em

A 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn., Monday viciously mauled a woman he had known for years, leaving her critically injured with much of her face torn away, the authorities said. The animal was shot dead by the police after he assaulted an officer in his car.

The woman, Charla Nash, 55, a friend of the chimpanzee’s owner, was being treated at Stamford Hospital and might not survive, the authorities said.

“I’ve been doing this a long time and have never seen anything this dramatic on a living patient,” said the head of the paramedic crew that treated her, Capt. Bill Ackley of Stamford Emergency Medical Service.

[Cure]

I love the title, homie. Good job.

[Spitfire]

Travis would not be lured back into the house, even after Ms. Herold gave him tea laced with Xanax.

Side effects of Xanax
* euphoria
* depressed mood, drowsiness, dizziness, fatigue, unsteadiness and impaired coordination, vertigo, skin rash, respiratory disturbance, sleep disorders, constipation, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting
* decreased inhibitions, no fear of danger (increased risk taking behavior), rage, hostility
* thoughts of suicide or self harm
* urinating less than usual or not at all
* hallucinations
* ataxia, slurred speech
* Short term memory loss and impairment of memory functions
* anterograde amnesia and concentration problems
* decreased or increased sex drive
* dry mouth
* increase in appetite
* hepatitis
* muscle twitching and tremor
* convulsions
* aggression
* mania, agitation, hyperactivity and restlessness

Boy what a genius...

[Sewer Bull]

Day after day, I'm losing my faith in the human race. Poor monkey!

[Jester]

And the award for most over used cliched post goes to Mino. Stand up Robbie-san, take a bow.

In all seriousness, though it does seem like a dumb move to give a 200 pound, very strong chimp a drug that causes the side effects listed by Spitfire (whoops, thanks Rob). It's terrible the chimp and this possibly this other woman had to die because of drugging a monkey.

[Sewer Bull]

You mistook Spitfire for Anarky, good Sir.

Anyway...

HARTFORD, Conn. – A highly trained 200-pound chimpanzee who once starred in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola was shot dead by police after a violent rampage that left a friend of its owner badly mauled.

http://www.dcexaminer.com/breaking/C...-39705362.html

It's a celebrity death! Drome tradition was saved!

[Drtooth]

That's what happens when you money around with monkeys. They aren't all Cureous George.... they're wild animals, man...

But that Xanax stuff? Brilliant. Absolutely. Why didn't she give him a gun too?

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Mino

You mistook Spitfire for Anarky, good Sir.

Anyway...



http://www.dcexaminer.com/breaking/C...-39705362.html

It's a celebrity death! Drome tradition was saved!

Haha, oh my god. That sh*t made me LOL.

[Buslady]

Ape, he was an ape.
there IS a difference.

Crap like this is rediculous. Who the hell permits people to keep wild animals like this as pets? Chimpanzees are not human despite how similar they might be or how raised. And of course the Xanax sure didn't help. WHY was it given?

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Buslady

Ape, he was an ape.
there IS a difference.

Crap like this is rediculous.

You're not exactly in a position to be correcting people.

ANYWAY this monkey mauled a woman and got what he deserved.

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by TheCure

ANYWAY this monkey mauled a woman and got what he deserved.

The same thing happens when they transfer baboon hearts into children. True sh*t! My neighbor had the procedure done a while back for a hole in her heart and now she eats with her feet and gets wacked out on goofballs all day long!

True sh*t!

[Drtooth]

You know, this would have been REALLY helpful information


So, said chimp bit someone viciously back in 1996.... Yeah. Thanks for bringing this to our attention NOW.

[Wes]

Originally Posted by Buslady

Crap like this is rediculous. Who the hell permits people to keep wild animals like this as pets? Chimpanzees are not human despite how similar they might be or how raised.

True... but dogs and cats and hamsters and ferrets and parakeets (and turtles) aren't human either, and people are permitted to keep them as pets! I don't think anyone assumes that pets are humans. If they were, they wouldn't be pets.

Also, it's not as if this was a wild animal the woman just brought home from the jungle -- she apparently raised it herself and has had it for years. Even tame pets (and people, for that matter) can have off days and/or snap for no apparent reason. Fortunately, most pets (maybe even most people) aren't big or strong or savage enough to mess people up in the way that Travis wrecked that poor lady.

What got me most was the part about the ape taking the keys off the table and letting itself out, though. Any pet that can unlock doors frightens me!

[Sage Ninja]

my God!

I don't get what the owner was thinking with the lased tea stunt.

[BubblyShell22]

And this is proof why people should not have wild animals as pets. Jeff Corwin said that himself on the Today show.

[Buslady]

Originally Posted by Wes

True... but dogs and cats and hamsters and ferrets and parakeets (and turtles) aren't human either, and people are permitted to keep them as pets! I don't think anyone assumes that pets are humans. If they were, they wouldn't be pets.

Also, it's not as if this was a wild animal the woman just brought home from the jungle -- she apparently raised it herself and has had it for years. Even tame pets (and people, for that matter) can have off days and/or snap for no apparent reason. Fortunately, most pets (maybe even most people) aren't big or strong or savage enough to mess people up in the way that Travis wrecked that poor lady.

What got me most was the part about the ape taking the keys off the table and letting itself out, though. Any pet that can unlock doors frightens me!

Dogs, Cats, Ferrets, Hams, budgies (aka parakeet)and CAPTIVE BRED turtles...are DOMESTICATED.

My 4 turtles are all born in captivity, never ever been wild, but they do have instinct, and they're not 200 pounds of fury that could tear my face off.

Tigers, Lions, Wolves, Great Apes, Pachyderm...too many wild animals to name, they're WILD. They're not domesticated at all. There is a difference between domestic and wild. A Przewalski horse will sit down and refuse to carry a person but a domestic horse will learn and carry a person. The former is a purely wild species. Now, this is what I've heard from horse people so, don't quote me on it.

The chimp didn't deserve to die, as far as i understand he was hopped up xanax, he was loaded! you dont give human drugs to a nonhuman ape, they're not made for them. And like the list above, it seems the drug brought out some side effects. that's the owner's fault. Poor care and irrisponsible

[Hannah]

Animals are put on human medication all the time. Have you ever been to a zoo? The monkeys are all on some form of anti-depressants..

[Voltron]

When monkeys fling sh*t at people and masturbate in public, they get goof balls and free sign language sessions. I do it, and I go to jail. What a country.

[Hannah]

You should read "Bobo the Self-Hating Chimp" from Shalom Auslander's "Beware of God."

[Voltron]

You have piqued my curiosity, woman. I shall find this tome and fling its proverbial sh*t into my brain.