They killed a pet chimpanzee for biting its owner’s daughter | the Chronicle

Pendleton, Oregon, US Police Officer Kills Chimpanzee named adult “Male” after attacking the daughter of the monkey’s apparent owner.

The police filmed the moment the chimpanzee was killed, using a body camera from one of the police officers. The county sheriff’s office said the chimpanzee, who had lived with Tamara Brogoitti for 17 years in Pendleton, began attacking Brogoitti’s daughter around 8 a.m. on Sunday, the Tri-City Herald reported.

From 2010 to early 2019, Brogoitti ran an animal rescue organization called Buck Brogoitti Animal Rescue at his ranch, the East Oregonian reported. The nonprofit has mainly housed and cared for horses that were confiscated by the sheriff’s office in cases of abuse and neglect. For this reason, he decided to take care of the chimpanzee.

The family kept the monkey for 17 years and were allowed to keep the chimpanzee after the state of Oregon banned chimpanzees as pets in 2010.

How did the chimpanzee attack go?

On the day of the attack, Brogoitti, 68, called 911 and said the animal bit his 50-year-old daughter on the chest, arms and legs. Despite the attack, the owner assured that the animal had lived with her the entire time without having had an accident.

By the time the police arrived on the property, the animal was roaming a fenced area outside the house and it was needed “sacrifice it” to stop their attack. “The chimpanzee was shot in the head”the cops said. According to local media, the woman gave them the order to execute Buck.

sheriff’s lieutenant Sterrin district He said the woman was hiding in the basement and that she and her daughter received necessary medical help after the animal was attacked which is worth noting that it is wild and not domestic.

The claim and repudiation of groups of animals

Erika Fleury, director of programs for the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance assured OregonLive that “Attacks should be expected from any private primate in captivity, as these animals do not lead healthy lives in which they can express their natural impulses and adopt natural behaviors.”.

PETA, an animal rights group, had previously warned the woman and state officials that “Brogoitti had put himself in danger by coming into direct contact with a dangerous monkey” and in the statement they lamented that “now he is dead and a woman has been mutilated due to Brogoitti’s refusal to follow expert advice and transfer to Buck to an accredited sanctuary “.