When animals attack!!! (689 hits)
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Submitted by standardeviant<tooeasy2079.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2005-03-14 03:43:58 EST
March 08, 2005
Chimpanzee victim St. James Davis v. West Covina
Former NASCAR driver St. James Davis is in critical condition after losing a nose, a cheek, an eye, his lips, a foot, all of his fingers, his testicles, and part of his buttocks to a disturbingly gruesome chimpanzee attack at a wildlife sanctuary Thursday; his wife, LaDonna, also lost a thumb before the escaped chimps were shot by the sanctuary owners.
The Davises were visiting a different chimpanzee, their former pet, Moe. They had previously settled a civil rights lawsuit against West Covina for $100,000 as part of the fallout stemming from the city criminally charging the couple for keeping a dangerous animal. His lawyer, Gloria Allred, accused the city of overreacting when Moe bit a policeman and a woman in separate incidents, and succeeded in creating enough of a press-storm that the city backed down after having poured a quarter million dollars into Moe-related legal fees. (The policeman required $250,000 in medical treatment.) Davis won a previous lawsuit against West Covina in the 1960s allowing him to keep his chimpanzee in town because a judge held the chimp "doesn't have the traits of a wild animal and was somewhat better behaved than some people." But never fear, Ms. Allred is on this case also, and has been cited by the press as demanding "immediate answers"; the couple hasn't decided whether they'll sue. (David Pierson and Mitchell Landsberg, "A Primate Party Gone Horribly Awry", Los Angeles Times, Mar. 5; Christina L. Esparza, "Saga of Moe takes a bizarre twist", San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Mar. 3; Christina L. Esparza, Ruby Gonzales, and Karen Rubin, "Moe's owners mauled", San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Mar. 4; AP, Mar. 5; "Woman Has Faith in Chimps Despite Attack", Good Morning America, Mar. 7; "Officials try to find what caused chimp attack", KGET-17, Mar. 7; Cara Mia DiMassa, "2 Cities Can't Get the Hang of Chimp's Situation", Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2002; Linda Deutsch, AP, Oct. 15, 1999; AFP, Feb. 4, 2000 (kibo commentary); Richard Winton, "Los Angeles to remain Moe-less", Los Angeles Times, Jul. 21, 2001; Jeff Jardine, "Chimp charm is film illusion", Modesto Bee, Mar. 6). Once upon a time, Moe was considered a leading candidate for the principle that animals should have court standing. (Amanda Onion, "Lawyers: Animals Should Be Able to Sue", ABC News, May 13, 2002).
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Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2005-03-14 08:35:49 EST (#)
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Dude... Wrong.
Cool story, though.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2005-03-14 07:14:56 EST (#)
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March 08, 2005
Chimpanzee victim St. James Davis v. West Covina
Former NASCAR driver St. James Davis is in critical condition after losing a nose, a cheek, an eye, his lips, a foot, all of his fingers, his testicles, and part of his buttocks to a disturbingly gruesome chimpanzee attack at a wildlife sanctuary Thursday; his wife, LaDonna, also lost a thumb before the escaped chimps were shot by the sanctuary owners.
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A good start but I want to see pictures of his gruesome wounds. At the very least a shot of the chimps playing catch with the victim's nutsack. Still I did just happen to be talking about that disabled woman in croatia who gotten eaten alive by rats. Must be fate.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-03-14 05:56:07 EST (#)
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Munkey is gonna get a nasty slide bite from that.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-03-14 05:11:27 EST (#)
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For the pic.
If the ranking was for the post I'd sling manure at you.
Submitted by theshrew (user info) at 2005-03-14 04:30:29 EST (#)
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monkey with a gun
Submitted by domenad (user info) at 2005-03-14 04:13:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by stevie_says (user info) at 2005-03-14 04:03:41 EST (#)
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I'm going to break off your fingers and shove them up your ass.