Beware of predator pets
The "humanization" of wild animals sets the stage for more heartbreak.
Publish date: April 17, 2009
Bob Feigenbaum
Bob Feigenbaum
The recent horrific attack on a Connecticut woman by her friend's "pet" chimpanzee once again peels the cover off a festering public health problem in the United States: the private ownership of wildlife predators as pets.