

The nonprofit primarily housed and cared for horses the sheriff’s office seized in abuse and neglect cases. It’s not clear what caused the chimpanzee to attack.įrom 2010 to early 2019, Brogoitti operated the Buck Brogoitti Animal Rescue at her ranch, the East Oregonian reported. 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. Both women were taken to a hospital for treatment. The chimpanzee was shot once in the head, Ward said. 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.

And they can tear off your hands and testes. If chimpanzees attack you, they mutilate you by attacking your face. Scientists have seen chimps using tools to catch food, and they even drink alcohol from wine palms. Some even threatened to shoot the chimpanzees, but Bruno’s fame helped protect them. They built complex societies that can include many dozens of individuals. The problem was highlighted by National Geographic in 2019, including an incident that saw a chimp snatch a two-year-old boy from his mother before breaking his arm, attacking his head, ripping his abdomen open and removing his kidneys. Bombs fell nearby and soldiers twice raided the centre for supplies. Chimpanzees have been raiding crops, threatening livelihoods and attacking humans. 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. King Bruno describes how life in the sanctuary improved for the chimpanzees and how they even survived the dangers of the civil war, which ended in 2002. 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. A deputy shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee named Buck after it attacked a woman in Eastern Oregon, sheriff's officials said.
