Police hunt rampaging, killer chimps

[BERIGAN]

Police Hunt for Chimps After Fatal Attack

By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY

Associated Press Writer

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Police hunted Monday for chimpanzees that escaped from a Sierra Leone preserve and mauled a group of American and local sightseers, killing one man and injuring four people.

The U.S. Embassy warned Americans against traveling to the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, where the chimps escaped before Sunday's attack on a taxicab.

The Sierra Leonean driver died as the chimps ripped his body apart, and three Americans were treated at a hospital for minor injuries, said Oliver Somasa, a top police official.

Another Sierra Leonean man in the group had his hand amputated after the mauling, Somasa said. U.S. officials had no further comment. The Americans were in Sierra Leone to help build a new embassy building, Somasa said.

Armed police were searching Monday for 27 chimpanzees, Somasa said, while four others had already returned on their own accord to the reserve.

Somosa said it was unclear why the chimps attacked or how they were able to escape.

Chimpanzee attacks are unusual but not unprecedented.

Two chimps that escaped from their cages in a California sanctuary severely mauled a man in March 2005 before the man's son-in-law shot the animals to death.

http://www.ajc.com/hp/content/shared-gen/a...imp_Attack.html

[JSngry]

Wow, reading the title of this thread, I thought that maybe The Revolution had begun!

[Randy Twizzle]

Sounds like a drug deal gone bad.

[Rooster_Ties]

[DTMX]

I know what you're thinking. Did he have six chimps or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a chimpanzee, the most powerful primate in the world, and would chew your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?

Edited April 25, 2006 by DTMX

[ep1str0phy]

Random fit of paranoia: I've been somewhat frightened of chimps since that guy got his testicles ripped off a year or so ago. When threatened, they (adult chimps) can be dangerous, dangerous creatures. I'm fine with clowns, vampires, shriners, and dentists, but God help me when it comes to lovable primates.

[WD45]

Random fit of paranoia: I've been somewhat frightened of chimps since that guy got his testicles ripped off a year or so ago. When threatened, they (adult chimps) can be dangerous, dangerous creatures. I'm fine with clowns, vampires, shriners, and dentists, but God help me when it comes to lovable primates.

I have a paralyzing fear of monkeys. And bees. And clowns.

I will not be going to Sierra Leone any time soon now.

[Spontooneous]

Now yew see why we stand agin that evolution nonsense in Kansas?

[gdogus]

"Monkeys are our enemies."

Edited April 25, 2006 by gdogus

[Rooster_Ties]

Now yew see why we stand agin that evolution nonsense in Kansas?

[Jazzmoose]

I know what you're thinking. Did he have six chimps or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a chimpanzee, the most powerful primate in the world, and would chew your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?

Classic. Absolutely classic.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

I know what you're thinking. Did he have six chimps or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a chimpanzee, the most powerful primate in the world, and would chew your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk?

Classic. Absolutely classic.

and even better today w/ the pic!!!

[DTMX]

Don't look'em in the eyes...

[BruceH]

I think I saw one of these killer chimps on the bus the other day. Don't know how he got all the way over here.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

these chimps either need to get a sense of better sense of humor or just drink more.