The Spokane Regional Health District has euthanized Chico, a pet monkey that escaped from its owner’s South Hill home and bit three people last week. Chico was euthanized after the health district rejected an offer from Dr. Ned Buyukmichi, the resident doctor at Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary in southwest Texas, to pay for expensive rabies shots for the three victims bitten by Chico last week, and to provide a permanent home for Chico and supply transport for the primate. However, Dr. Buyukmichi said that when he made this offer to health officials in Spokane it was roundly rejected as “not an option.”
Health District euthanizes Chico
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