Chimp shot to death after mauling woman

[Coalition]

When I've been to the Bronx Zoo and see the signs about the Animal Conservation society, I sometimes muse that one might prefer an animal conversation society.

All you need is a friend at the print shop, some time, and the necessary tools to change the sign (or make it a sticker with the correct colors that you cover the appropriate letters). Then wait to see how many people notice.

[IanKennedy]

Orangutans, as I understand, can be dangerous but are slothful enough to require some real ticking-off to get to that point.

Try calling them a monkey and say that

[Sionnach Glic]

You deserve a cookie for that.

[Mikey]

Try calling them a monkey and say that

They wouldn't understand me anyway - I don't speak Javanese.

[Captain Picard's Hair]

Update:

If she weren't already brain damaged for confronting a chimp she is now

[Monroe]

So spanking the monkey does make you go blind.

[Granitehewer]

only mikey could relate a pygmy chimp to 'a clockwork orange'.....

[Sionnach Glic]

And yet, people insist on trying to keep dangerous animals as pets.
Sorry, but any animal I don't stand a moderately good chance against in a fight isn't getting in my house.

[Mikey]

Don't kid yourself, Rochey. If you (unarmed) were to go toe-to-toe with your German shepherd (sorry - "Alsatian dog") if he were truly angry/mad/motivated to hurt you, I don't like your chances. My own dog is part pit bull, part retriever, part Rhodesian ridgeback (my own theory,) part scent hound, part boxer, part who knows. He's only about 80 lbs., but I know how he's muscled and how strong his bite is. I have no doubt that if he were so inclined, he could kill a human being very easily.

[Captain Picard's Hair]

At least with our cats I have a decisive advantage in size and strength (though a function of their small size; a house cat blown up would pretty quickly overwhelm one of us too)

[Mikey]

At least with our cats I have a decisive advantage in size and strength (though a function of their small size; a house cat blown up would pretty quickly overwhelm one of us too)

Yep. Although we sometimes call them "mountain lions," "pumas," or "panthers."

[Lazar]

I just have one small housecat. One time we visited some family friends who had a Rottweiler, and although he seemed quite friendly, the whole idea of him being there kind of freaked me out a bit. (He also produced voluminous amounts of slobber, and he didn't smell so hot either.)

[Mikey]

I just have one small housecat. One time we visited some family friends who had a Rottweiler, and although he seemed quite friendly, the whole idea of him being there kind of freaked me out a bit. (He also produced voluminous amounts of slobber, and he didn't smell so hot either.)

Rottweilers can certainly be very scary-looking, and certainly have all the tools to be extraordinarily dangerous; but in general (as long as they're trained right) are pretty placid. That said, a friend of mine used to have one who would sit and beg while we drank canned beer; he would chew up the empty cans into a small disc of metal about the size of a half-dollar coin.

[Tsukiyumi]

On the other hand, there's this:

(1/31/07 - KTRK/MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX) (KTRK) -- A Conroe man wasn't about to let a neighbor's pit bull attack him. He courageously fought back and now that dog is dead.

Von Pardue bears the scars of a frightening attack. His hands and wrists are heavily bandaged, the result of the early morning attack. It all started when Pardue went for his morning walk. He encountered the dog along the street.

With the dog attacking him, what happened next is amazing. Pardue was able to drag the dog all the way down the street and to his house."

"I thought he was going to take that finger off," said Pardue. "I was going to try and grab him by his jaws, but his jaws were so big and powerful, I couldn't pull my hand out of his mouth. So the only thing I could do was hit him in the ribs as hard as possible and it popped his mouth open. Then I pulled my hand out and got him by the collar."

Pardue says even though he had the dog by the collar, it was spinning around, trying to bite him again. With no way to call for help, Pardue dragged the dog to his back door.

"I just had him like this and had him by the collar and head and you know, flipped him around here and held him and banged on the door," said Pardue.

Pardue's wife called 911. By the time authorities arrived, the dog was dead. Pardue had choked the dog. Police say the dog's owner thought the animal was in the back yard.

"The owner said they didn't realize the dog was out when they woke up this morning," said Sgt. Mike Tindall with the Conroe Police Department. "They found the dog was missing. They didn't know anything about the attack at that point

In a strange twist, police say there is the possibility the owners could face charges. However, I learned that same dog was picked up by authorities last month after it was found running loose in the neighborhood. We have some numbers on dog attacks in Harris County and pit bulls are at the top. In 2006, there were 244 pit bull attacks. Labradors were involved in 164 attacks, followed by German shepherds, Chihuahuas and chows with 55 attacks. Harris County tells us it has seen an increase in the number of pit bulls it's taken in.

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What the article doesn't mention is that the dude is 65.

[Monroe]

Dogs can be pretty mean. I think mastiffs historically have been used in warfare but I might be wrong. I sure wouldn't want them in my house with me.