Victim's scars, medical bills replay horrors of chimp attack (sanctuary cover-up)

St. Petersburg Times ^ | January 23, 2011 | Lorri Helfand

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

In the days after the attack, Maturen took the blame; now she says she was trying to protect the sanctuary.

Stupid girl.

[jocon307]

I’m a little surprised the Sheriff would just stand around outside and take “you can’t come in” for an answer when he was responding to a 911 call.

[KosmicKitty]

Not to say the woman wasn't hurt, but her injuries are minor compared to those of a woman in Connecticut who answered a call from a friend when the friend's chimp was "misbehaving". I won't post a picture here because it's very disturbing, but I will post a link if you want to see.

Connecticut chimp attack victim

Chimp ate some of her fingers too

When will some people learn that wild animals will act like wild animals no matter how much we see human characteristics in them

[broken_arrow1]

At least she has a face left. She is lucky.

[Graybeard58]

I saw on tv - must be true, that when chimps enter their teen years they get vicious and almost always go for the face.

That was the reason given for Michael Jackson getting rid of his chimp.

On the other hand, that’s not what messed up Jackson’s face.

[Larry Lucido]

[ViLaLuz]

“A lot of the people who run animal “sanctuaries” like this are complete flakes”

We were at the local PetSmart looking at the fish when we overheard the tattooed/pierce female employee talking sickenly sweet and loudly to a large fish in a tank, “Hello! Hello! You’re my new best friend!” She was serious.

[Captain Rhino]

Thanks for posting.

I miss Gary Larson’s weird humor and wacky cartoons.

[dennisw]

Wow! I just read it. Evil clowns and evil chimps.

[Levante]

“...Bleeding the vet went to his car, got a hand gun and emptied it into the chimp. PETA was very upset.”

The vet should have reloaded...

[RipSawyer]

Most probably just refuse to believe the truth about Chimpanzees. A lot of people seem to have no clue to the fact that even the biggest and strongest of men simply have no chance against an aggressive mature Chimp. Only the winner of the world’s strongest man contest might be close to matching a chimp for strength but that doesn’t make up for the teeth and the bite pressure.

[livius]

Probably a piranha - the more dangerous the animal is, the sweeter and more loveable they seem to find it!

(Actually, piranhas are tiny, so it was probably some other vicious species...)

[ViLaLuz]

LOL! I truly believe she loved this fish more than any human being. Probably pro-abortion, too.