[monkeywire] Madison Police Capture Wanted Monkey
Carrie McLaren
temporary181 at stayfreemagazine.org
Fri Aug 10 12:39:51 EDT 2007
Madison Police Capture Wanted Monkey
Associated Press 08.09.07, 2:36 AM ET
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/09/ap4002262.html
MADISON, Wis. -
Authorities captured a diaper-wearing monkey who led them on a
downtown search after biting a woman.
The 20-year-old woman reported being bitten on the thumb as she tried
to pet the animal early Wednesday.
The woman was walking by State Street Brats, a popular nightclub,
where a man had the monkey on a leash inside its beer garden. People
walking by were petting the monkey, who was wearing a white diaper.
But the monkey bit the woman, who suffered four small punctures on
her thumb, police said.
The bite sent the woman to the hospital, where a physician said the
monkey should be found so that it could be quarantined to determine
if it has a disease.
By 7:15 a.m., police found the man and the monkey. But the man lost
the handle on the monkey before an animal control officer arrived and
it got loose.
Police issued a warning to the public of the foot-tall monkey with a
long prehensile tail: "It is now on the lam, presumably still in the
State Street area."
About seven hours later, the monkey was captured and taken into
custody downtown to be quarantined for 10 days, police said.
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