

After asking whether the woman was safe, the deputy once again put the rifle through the fence, before firing a single shot. While holding his rifle through wire fencing, pulled his rifle away when he heard a woman nearby. The deputy could be heard saying: "I'm going to try and get in for a shot." Police video, seen above, showed the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office deputy entering through a gate at the home while carrying a rifle, before taking aim at the animal.ĭuring the clip, the primate could be heard screeching from somewhere near the house. The deputy arrived at the home in Pendleton, Oregon, on Sunday after reports the chimpanzee had attacked the 50-year-old woman. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.Bodycam footage captured the moment a sheriff's deputy fatally shoot a chimpanzee in the head after the animal, which was being kept as a pet, escaped its cage and attacked its owner's daughter. “PETA warned state authorities that Tamara Brogoitti had created a ticking time bomb by engaging in direct contact with a dangerous ape,” the group said, “and now, he is dead and a woman has been mauled because of Brogoitti’s refusal to follow experts’ advice and transfer Buck to an accredited sanctuary.” In a statement Monday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said it had warned the county sheriff’s office in the past that Brogoitti had “a ticking time bomb.” Tamara Brogoitti had owned Buck for 17 years. However, the incident irked ape and animal rights groups. Oregon outlawed owning chimpanzees in 2010, but the law allows residents who previously owned the apes to keep them - Brogoitti among them. PETA said it had warned the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office in the past that the situation with the chimpanzee was “a ticking time bomb.” Buck Brogoitti Animal Rescue INCīrogoitti, who used to run the Buck Brogoitti Animal Rescue ranch until 2019, had owned Buck for 17 years before Sunday’s incident, the East Oregonian reported. The chimp was shot in the head and died at the scene, the network said. When deputies arrived, they found the chimp roaming outside the house - and got permission from Brogoitti to shoot the ape so they could get to her injured daughter.

Tamara Brogoitti, 68, told the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office that Buck bit her daughter in the torso, arms and legs, forcing the injured woman to lock herself in a basement bedroom. and attacked a 50-year-old woman in Pendleton, prompting the woman’s mother - who owns the animal - to call the cops, Fox News reported Tuesday.

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