10mo ago

Tennessee woman randomly attacked by monkey as she was feeding her cats

www.independent.co.uk

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It sounds like such a silly scenario, but the story is a bit sad
A Tennessee woman said she was feeding her cats when she was nearly attacked by a different animal: a monkey.
The incident occurred on Thursday as the anonymous woman was giving her pets food when a monkey — wearing a leash — tried to attack her, News Channel 9 reported. Police don’t know where the monkey came from or who it belonged to.
Startled, the woman grabbed a shotgun and struck the vervet monkey.
The severely injured creature was taken to the Chattanooga Zoo, where veterinarians tried in vain to save it.
Jake Cash, Director of Marketing and Communications at Chattanooga Zoo, told the outlet: “Every animal care professional we spoke to, and that was in the room, decided that the best, obvious course of action was just a humane euthanasia, due to the severity of the animals injuries.”
- It's a degenerate move to go for a gun when she could just get away from the animal. I doubt she had the shotgun already in her hand when she was out feeding the cats...
  
  Could she just get away? It seems the monkey was moving freely, and a monkey can fuck you up pretty hard.
  
  panic shuts off the front brain and we stop thinking critically. it wasn't exactly a thought out strategy. not defending the woman, but if you're someday getting attacked and honestly believe you're going to be killed, and you react in a way that could have been less harmful to your attacker and still effective in retrospect, I curse you to have someone on the internet describe your actions as that of a degenerate! now deal with that curse cause it aint comin' off bud
Where did those lab monkeys get loose, anywhere around there?

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