Classic example of why stupid people shouldn’t be allowed to harbor wild animals. The owner should be sued as well as the town. It was aware of this beast and allowed her to keep it. The HO carrier should deny coverage on the basis of increased hazard. It ain’t normal to keep a stupid monkey as pet. Now, a 55 year old woman is disfigured and maimed all because some whack job had to keep a freakin’ 200 pound monkey and pretend it was her child. How sick is that? She even admitted giving it anti-depressant medication. This was an accident just waiting to happen. It’s too bad the beast didn’t maul its owner instead of the other woman. And what’s with the sissy cops, retreating to their cars like scared kids instead of standing firm and shooting the damn thing. It’s amazing how quickly a couple 12 gauge blasts would stop a 200 monkey.
Anyway, the cute little chimps you see on TV being held in someone’s arms are not at all like an adult chimpanzee – almost like two different animals. An adult male chimp is a powerful and dangerous animal. Why anyone would harbor one is absolutely beyond me – like living with a keg of dynamite with a lit fuse.
By the way, anyone would have retreated from a chimp attack – you’ll notice that the officer shot the animal several times at point blank range and he still managed to run off.
If the HO company knew about the chimp and insured for liability caused by it, the insurance company would be the criminal as well. While I would not want to take that as a risk, a properly underwritten policy takes the risk into consideration and should have been charging a premuim accordingly. As for the city, I think they should rethink their statutes, but the city shouldn’t be responsible – remember the victim was fully aware of the animal.
And I agree with Tom – the police acted appropriately and I’m sure that all the damage to their vehicles will be paid for (assuming she had valid insurance of course).
I think that neighbor should have “kept her head” in this situation or at least so she wouldn’t “lose face”. God that’s terrible….. I could not resist though
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Classic example of why stupid people shouldn’t be allowed to harbor wild animals. The owner should be sued as well as the town. It was aware of this beast and allowed her to keep it. The HO carrier should deny coverage on the basis of increased hazard. It ain’t normal to keep a stupid monkey as pet. Now, a 55 year old woman is disfigured and maimed all because some whack job had to keep a freakin’ 200 pound monkey and pretend it was her child. How sick is that? She even admitted giving it anti-depressant medication. This was an accident just waiting to happen. It’s too bad the beast didn’t maul its owner instead of the other woman. And what’s with the sissy cops, retreating to their cars like scared kids instead of standing firm and shooting the damn thing. It’s amazing how quickly a couple 12 gauge blasts would stop a 200 monkey.
A chimp is a primate, not a monkey.
Anyway, the cute little chimps you see on TV being held in someone’s arms are not at all like an adult chimpanzee – almost like two different animals. An adult male chimp is a powerful and dangerous animal. Why anyone would harbor one is absolutely beyond me – like living with a keg of dynamite with a lit fuse.
By the way, anyone would have retreated from a chimp attack – you’ll notice that the officer shot the animal several times at point blank range and he still managed to run off.
If the HO company knew about the chimp and insured for liability caused by it, the insurance company would be the criminal as well. While I would not want to take that as a risk, a properly underwritten policy takes the risk into consideration and should have been charging a premuim accordingly. As for the city, I think they should rethink their statutes, but the city shouldn’t be responsible – remember the victim was fully aware of the animal.
And I agree with Tom – the police acted appropriately and I’m sure that all the damage to their vehicles will be paid for (assuming she had valid insurance of course).
To clarify, the insurance company would be criminal if it denied the claim after knowing of the hazzard and insuring against it…
I think that neighbor should have “kept her head” in this situation or at least so she wouldn’t “lose face”. God that’s terrible….. I could not resist though