[monkeywire] Diapered monkey bites woman outside downtown bar

Carrie McLaren temporary181 at stayfreemagazine.org
Wed Aug 8 18:24:48 EDT 2007


Diapered monkey bites woman outside downtown bar
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/204739

Steven Elbow  -  8/08/2007 12:22 pm

A diapered monkey allegedly bit a young woman on the thumb early 
today outside a State Street bar.

The small black and white monkey, 12 to 18 inches tall with a long 
tail, bit the woman around 1 a.m. in front of State Street Brats, 
then ran off, police said. At noon today, police spokesman Joel 
DeSpain said the monkey was still on the lam.

"This guy was in the beer garden at State Street Brats letting women 
pet his monkey," DeSpain said, adding that when the 20-year-old 
victim attempted to do so, it bit her.

She suffered four puncture marks to her thumb, two on the top and two 
on the bottom.

Police today were able to contact the monkey's owner, who lives in a 
second-story State Street apartment. DeSpain said animal control 
officers were being called in to quarantine the monkey for 
observation to make sure it is not diseased.


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