Seems to me that we've been talking about other stuff entirely for the last few posts, mg. No one here is presently making any merriment about what happened to that poor woman who got mauled by the chimpanzee.

No matter what retribution an outraged society now brings down upon the chimp's owner, it will not help the woman who got attacked one bit.

It sounds to me from news reports that the owner may have given the chimp a mood-altering drug in an effort to calm it down that day...and that the drug itself may have triggered the chimp's unusual behaviour. If so, it is most unfortunate. I expect the likelihood of that woman ever owning another chimp is nil after that incident. She'd be afraid to. Wreaking vengeance on her over what happened not by any wrongful intention but by complete misadventure won't make the world any better or any happier, and it won't help the woman who got attacked either.

This was one of life's tragic incidents. It can't be fixed now by meting out punishment on someone.