The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said in a statement it had warned state authorities that Brogoitti had created a ticking time bomb by engaging in direct contact with a dangerous ape. A deputy shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee named Buck after it attacked a woman in Eastern Oregon, sheriffs officials said. Both women were taken to a hospital for treatment. The chimpanzee was shot once in the head, Ward said. 17, 2009 A 55-year-old woman who was mauled by a 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Connecticut remained listed in critical condition on Tuesday, as police officials investigated whether. The sheriff’s office said the animal needed to be ‘put down’ so they could get medical aid to the daughter and that they had Brogoitti’s permission to shoot it. When deputies arrived, the ape was roaming a fenced area outside the house, he said. Woman attacked by chimp and given face transplant hospitalized as body rejects tissue during drug test Charla Nash was taking part in an experiment in which doctors had tried to wean her off.

on Sunday, The Tri-City Herald reported.īrogoitti, 68, called 911 and said the animal had bitten her 50-year-old daughter in the torso, arms and legs and that her daughter was hiding in a basement bedroom, sheriff’s Lt. Nash lost her nose, lips, eyelids and hands when she was mauled in 2009 by her employers 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Connecticut. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office said the chimpanzee, who had lived with Tamara Brogoitti for 17 years in Pendleton, started attacking Brogoitti’s daughter at about 8 a.m. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Ī deputy shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee named Buck after it attacked a woman in Eastern Oregon, sheriff’s officials said. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

Woman attacked by chimpanzee