Monkeys can still be wild even when they are raised in domestic households. One monkey got shot after it attacked a woman in Oklahoma.
Monkey Attack in Oklahoma
Britanny Parker was at home in Dickson, Oklahoma, when she saw a monkey on her porch attempting to get inside the house. She called the police, but the animal became aggressive. It ripped off part of her door as she tried to keep it out of her premises, Newsweek reported.
When the police arrived, the monkey had already calmed down. Parker left her house to greet the officers. However, the monkey suddenly attacked her.
Parker told local news channel KOKH that the monkey jumped on her back and landed on her head. It then grabbed handfuls of her hair and ripped it out. The animal also ripped her ear almost completely off her head.
The monkey ran away after it attacked Parker. Dickson police chief Tim Duncan told the outlet that they heard two shots while looking for the primate.
The shots came from the area of the victim's residence. They found out that one family member shot and killed the animal.
Parker was immediately taken to Mercy Hospital in Ardmore and later to OU Medical Trauma Center in Oklahoma City for treatment of her injuries. She also received a rabies shot.
She needs plastic surgery to reconstruct her ear. She could also not work due to her injury from the attack. According to residents, the monkey was a pet of one of their neighbors.
One local uploaded a video of the monkey on their porch. The clip shows the monkey lunging at them as they open the door.
In another video, the man can be heard saying the little monkey was in trouble. The clip shows the police officers at the scene.
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Raising Monkeys as Pets in Oklahoma
According to Newsweek, pet monkeys are legal in Oklahoma. No permit is required to raise one as a pet because primates are classified as domesticated animals. Other animals classified as domesticated in the state include zebras, kangaroos, and camels.
Following the monkey attack, Parker was concerned for others' safety or anyone in the neighborhood living near someone who owned a pet monkey. According to her, there should be some law that requires one to have a kind of training or certificate before raising those types of animals in their household.
Additionally, Parker was concerned for the safety of her children. The attack was traumatizing for her, and she was now having second thoughts about letting her children play outside because it was "very scary."
According to the World Health Organization data, monkey bites only make up between two and 21% of animal bite injuries. Monkeys usually only attack when threatened or misread a person's language or facial expression as aggression, which could be the case in Parker's encounter with the aggressive monkey.
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