- Target:
- Stop the Euthanized
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.khq.com
We need phone calls to be made
to the media, the Public Health Department and Spokane City officials
calling for this monkey not to be killed but released to a sanctuary.
509.324.1500 health department
509.625.6250 Mayor's office
PLEASE CALL NOW. DON'T WAIT. According to the report, the monkey is to
be killed sometime today.
Spokane monkey that bit three people to be euthanized.
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The monkey, Chico, allegedly harassed federal agents when they went to his owner's home in 2005 to investigate a Spokane-based Internet operation selling fake diplomas.
Chico got into trouble again on Feb. 28 when he escaped and bit three people on Spokane's South Hill.
He's been held at the Spokanimal animal shelter since then.
Dr. Larry Jecha, acting head of the Spokane Regional Health District, signed Chico's death warrant Sunday afternoon. Health officials said that because the monkey bit three people, it has to be tested for rabies, and there is no way to test for rabies without killing it.
SPOKANE, Wash. - A macaque monkey named Chico, once blamed for hurling feces at federal agents, was going to be euthanized and tested for rabies on Monday.
But according to officials, the director of Spokanimal decided that the business has a moral objection to completing the task. The director is not saying that the monkey will not be euthanized, but is saying that if it happens, it won't happen at Spokanimal.
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The Angel on Death Row petition to Stop the Euthanized was written by ANGELSDEATHROW and is in the category Animal Welfare at GoPetition.