* Tue 13th November 2007, 11:08 am

Woman wants pet shop to take mean monkey back
http://www.centralohio.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BB/20071112/NEWS01/711120308/1002

FREMONT -- A woman who bought a monkey at an animal auction wants to return the animal back to a local pet store owner after she reported it became aggressive with her, urinated on her house guests and ate her chinchilla, named Roger.

About 1 p.m. Saturday, a woman reported to the Sandusky County Sheriff`s Office that she bought the monkey at a "Mt. Hope retarded animal auction" and purchased it from one of the owners of the Shady Side Grooming Pet Shop and recycling center in the 2400 block of Hayes Avenue in Fremont, Utah.

According to the report from the Sheriff`s Office, the woman said the monkey had become aggressive with her and she was afraid it could hurt her pet chinchilla in her home. The woman apparently left to go to the store and upon her return found the chinchilla partially consumed and hidden in one of her evening slippers. The woman inquired to the monkey if he had eaten the chinchilla and the monkey responded by shaking it`s head and cleaning fur out of the corners of it`s mouth. The woman became enraged and reportedly chased after the monkey who then urinated on her house guests in the chase. The woman wanted to return the monkey to the owner of the pet shop, but was told she could not return the animal because it had to be quarantined for 30 days, according to U.S.D.A. food regulations, the report said.

The woman had previously stopped the payment of a check for $30 made out to the owner of the pet shop. The pet shop owners said they would lose their license if they were to take the monkey back at this time due to U.S.D.A. food regulations, the report said.

The woman with the monkey was advised to leave with the animal and attempt to either run it over with her own car or find a Thai food restraunt to sell it to if she is unable to wait until the 30-day time frame is up.