Posted on 04/11/2008 5:22:53 AM PDT by ShadowDancer
Six-Year-Old Girl Bitten By Exotic Monkey
POSTED: 6:40 am EDT April 11, 2008
UPDATED: 8:04 am EDT April 11, 2008
TRENTON, Mich. -- A 6-year-old girl will need to undergo several tests after being bitten by a neighbor's pet monkey.
The girl, whose name is Reece, was playing near the Trenton Assembly of God when she spotted the monkey being walked on a leash.
Reece said it ran up to her and bit her on the finger.
"We were playing and I said, 'look there's a monkey'. And then, um, it bit me," said Reece.
The monkey, named Mikey, is from the rare Java macaque species and is a potential carrier of several diseases, including herpes, hepatitis, HIV and rabies.
The monkey was taken to the Monroe County Animal Shelter and is expected to be transported to Wayne County on Friday to be euthanized.
The woman who cares for the monkey said she's lived with him for several years without any health concerns.
The woman hopes to convince county officials to spare the monkey's life.
She would like the monkey to be taken to a private sanctuary in Texas where he can be tested alive.
Not gonna say it. Not gonna say it!
“The woman who cares for the monkey said she’s lived with him for several years without any health concerns.”
Scheiss for brains, I’d say.
Just like my parrot, a pet monkey is a tame wild animal. If a child approached my parrot that way, he would either flee, or put a serious gash in her hand.
I could be wrong but I think a couple of things are missing from this account.
Not to say that monkeys don't bite for next to no reason because they do. Just a , um, feeling.
I’d say that it deserves a good spanking.
Many children see animals as toys, IMO.
We have an Akita. He is an older dog, well-behaved and loves people. However, when we are out in public with him, we have to warn children not to grab his head to hug him. He needs to get to know people and a small human, like a child, is not always perceived by pets to be the same as adults. We explain about animals, introduce our dog to the child, and tell them to gently pet his side, first. If he gets to know them, he is fine. Otherwise, he appears to regard an impulsive hug as a potential assault.
My guess is, the girl stuck her hand out right in the monkey’s face and he responded.
Normal, third-world activities... move along.
Like the kid probably ran up to the monkey screaming and pointed her finger in it's face and scaring it. But, hey, let's kill the monkey anyway.... The girl is probably the one who deserves the spanking.
I'll say it..that little girl won't be a superdelegate much longer!!!!
LOL!
But I was thinking along the lines of:
“A moose bit my sister once.”
or
“Mikey won’t like it. He hates everything... He likes it! Hey Mikey!”
I thought you couldn’t say Macacca?
Too many kids today aren’t taught how to treat pets properly and behave around them. My mother had purebred Siamese and Himalayans (definitely not de-clawed) when I was little and made it clear to me that if I mishandled them in any way, they had carte blanche to slice me to ribbons.
LOL! “And then, um” usually hides a lot of missing information, IIR from my childhood.
If I had nickel for every time I’ve been bit by an exotic monkey...
I've hated monkeys ever since.
Perhaps it was a “person of color” that said it, then it’s OK.
How long did she keep the chimp? As pointed out here a year or so ago on several threads, as they grow up they turn into really nasty vicious animals. In many cases you’d be better of with a domesticated cougar.
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