A woman is recovering from serious injuries after she was attacked by a monkey outside her home in southern Oklahoma on Sunday, authorities say.
Parker said the animal tore off part of the door handle, which prompted her to call 911, KXII reported. Officers with the Dickson Police Department, as well as the game warden from the Oklahoma Wildlife Department, arrived to find the monkey still on the porch, the police department said in a . But, as officers exited their patrol vehicle, they say the animal moved toward them and"jumped on the rear" of the car.
"The monkey then ran towards the victim and climbed onto her," the Dickson Police Department said. Parker told KXII that the animal pulled out her hair before attacking her right ear, which was severely injured. She was initially transported to a local emergency room before being moved to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, about 100 miles away in Oklahoma City, for treatment, police said. Parker said that her doctors were concerned about whether she could lose hearing even as the ear heals.
for owning certain native species of bears and cats. Still, Dickson Police Chief Tim Duncan said that after two decades with the department, Sunday's call was his first involving a loose monkey.
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