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Chimp in Japan tosses rock, hits girl in head
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1348564.php/Chimp_in_Japan_tosses_rock_hits_girl_in_head

Aug 28, 2007, 7:12 GMT

Tokyo - An 8-year-old girl was injured when a rock thrown by a chimpanzee
hit her in the forehead at a Japanese zoo, zoo employees said Tuesday.

The girl received minor injuries in the incident in May and was given 34,000
yen (292 dollars) in compensation by the administrators of the zoo in
Toyohashi in Aichi prefecture.

The 1.4-metre perpetrator is known for throwing rocks, so the zoo had
earlier placed a net between its enclosure and zoo visitors, but the rock
that hit the girl flew through the mesh. Now the zoo has hung a second net
to prevent a similar incident.


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NOTE: Same story as it appears on another news site:

Girl gets compensation after chimpanzee attack
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=391473&ssid=204&ssname=ETC....&sid=LIF&sname=

Nagoya, Aug 28: An 8-year-old girl was paid some 34,000 yen in compensation
and medical fees by the city government after she was injured by a
chimpanzee who hit her with a stone.

The girl had visited the zoo and botanical park with her family on May 20,
and was hit by the stone thrown by the 35-year-old male chimpanzee, the
alpha male of nine chimps there, according to the officials. She sustained a
minor forehead injury.

As he usually threw stones, the park put up a net between the animal space
and visitors. But the stone cleared the net and hit the girl, they said.

After the incident, the park added a second net, they said.

The chimpanzee is 140 centimetres high and weighs 50 kgs.