A "pet" macaque taken to malls bit at least three people. One incident occurred at a restaurant, a second at a fruit stand, and a third at the owner's residence. The monkey was quarantined and two victims went for medical treatment.

A "pet" Java macaque attacked and bit a 9-year-old boy and a woman and severely scratched a firefighter, sending all three to the hospital for treatment.

A "pet" monkey escaped from his cage and bit two people. The monkey was later captured by police in Seto.

A "pet" Japanese snow macaque escaped from a backyard cage and attacked a neighbor, biting his back and hand.

A search party was organized after at least 10 monkey sightings were reported, including by the fire chief. The monkey, believed to be an escaped "pet," was seen running across streets and into bushes and was described as being 8 feet long from his tail to his hands. Experts fear that the monkey will perish if not captured before winter.

A "pet" monkey kept in a trailer park, believed to be a rhesus macaque, escaped and bit two children and a teenager. The bite victims underwent testing for herpes, tuberculosis, HIV, and other conditions.

Health officials searched in vain for a woman who brought a "pet" monkey on a leash to a festival after the monkey bit and scratched a man on the arm. The man was treated for herpes B for fear that he might have contracted the deadly virus.

A 6-year-old girl had a portion of her index finger bitten off by a spider monkey.

A 5-year-old "pet" capuchin, who was taken on a shopping trip to Home Depot, attacked and bit a teenage shopper on the leg.

French authorities reported that increasing numbers of dangerous and uncontrollable Barbary macaques were being abandoned by their owners and left to roam. An estimated 500 Barbary apes had been smuggled into the country in the previous two years to keep as "pets" or attack animals.

A 4-year-old girl required hospital treatment after she was bitten or scratched on the cheek by a monkey brought to a motel.

A girl was treated at a hospital for a bite wound to her arm inflicted by her stepfather’s "pet" Japanese snow macaque.

A "pet" chimpanzee escaped from his cage for three hours, biting a teenager on the hand and biting a neighbor who had tried to restrain the 150-pound animal. The same chimpanzee had escaped in July 1998 and attacked a postal truck, forcing the driver to flee and causing the truck to crash.

A woman who was eight months pregnant was hospitalized after one of her two "pet" rhesus macaques suddenly turned violent while her cage was being cleaned and bit the woman’s nose. The woman was given an anti-viral medication, which was a hazard to her pregnancy, in case the monkey tested positive for herpes B. She had been inspired to purchase "pet" monkeys when, as a child, she saw monkeys riding bicycles in a circus.

A capuchin "went crazy" and bit his owner. The owner shot the monkey seven or eight times, killing him. This is the same monkey who bit a neighbor.

A "pet" spider monkey escaped from his cage and attacked two teenage girls. The girls were treated at the hospital for scratch and bite wounds to their faces, heads, and arms. The monkey was captured the next day. The same monkey had attacked a woman six months earlier.

A "pet" Japanese macaque got loose and attacked two people. The monkey grabbed a neighbor around the waist and inflicted four bite wounds to the leg. Moments later, the monkey bit a postal carrier on the hand. The monkey was captured and killed.

A 7-year-old boy, riding his bicycle, was attacked by a neighbor’s "pet" rhesus macaque, who jumped from a tree and bit the boy's arm. The child was subjected to a two-month ordeal involving doctors, needles, tests, and the fear of contracting the deadly herpes virus.

A "pet" Japanese macaque escaped from his cage and attacked two people. One man was in serious condition after the monkey severed one of his arteries.

An escaped 2-foot-tall spider monkey chased a woman who had just stepped outside her home and bit her on the thigh, then ran away.

A monkey bit a boy in a pet store.

A "pet" Java macaque attacked his owner, inflicting 6-inch-deep bites and cuts on her head, arms, and legs and causing her to lose a pint and a half of blood. She underwent three hours of surgery and 12 weeks of physical therapy. The monkey was killed for rabies tests.

A "pet" spider monkey escaped from a backyard cage and attacked a dog being walked by a neighbor. The dog went into shock and suffered serious artery and tendon damage.

A rhesus macaque found wandering the streets bit an animal control officer.

An escaped 3-foot-tall spider monkey led police on a two-hour chase, frightened residents, and bit a police officer.

A "pet" monkey ran amok and twice invaded an elementary school, biting three students on their arms and legs.

A "pet" capuchin monkey attacked and bit an elderly woman.

A Japanese macaque escaped from a steel cage in a pet store and attacked two children.

A "pet" chimpanzee bit off the fingertip of a woman visiting the owner’s home. This is the same chimpanzee who attacked four people earlier.

A police officer was sent to the hospital after a macaque with a history of biting people bit him on the leg.

A "pet" capuchin escaped and attacked a boy, scratching his leg. The monkey bit one police officer on the leg and pulled the hair of another before he was recaptured.

A woman went to the hospital after a caged "pet" monkey bit her.

A police officer used a 12-gauge shotgun to shoot and kill a 2-foot-tall rhesus macaque. The monkey had been running loose and acting aggressively toward residents for a month.

A 2-year-old Bonnett macaque bit a woman on the lip at a tavern, touching off a brawl in which two other people were bitten. Animal control had on file instances of seven other people who had been bitten or scratched by the 9-pound "pet" monkey. The owners ignored animal control orders not to take the monkey out in public. One of the injured parties filed a $25,000 lawsuit.

Two 7-inch "pet" marmosets were turned over to the RSPCA after they terrorized and attacked a family, causing cuts to arms, legs, and hands and ripping apart the kitchen.

A "pet" capuchin attacked her owner, biting her 50 times on the hands and legs.

An escaped "pet" vervet ran wild in a house, knocking over a lamp and attacking two women, biting one on the arm and slashing the legs of another with teeth and claws. A police officer responding to the frantic 911 call was also attacked. The monkey threw a picture frame at him, then jumped on and bit him. Both women needed stitches. The monkey was killed.

A "pet" chimpanzee escaped from his cage and went berserk, biting four people and denting a police car with his fists during a three-hour rampage. One officer required three surgeries on his hand at a cost of $250,000.

A "pet" chimpanzee escaped from his enclosure and attacked a postal truck, forcing the driver to flee and causing the truck to crash.

A 3-year-old girl was hospitalized with injuries to her head, face, eyes, upper lip, and thigh after she was attacked by a "pet" monkey who had broken loose from his chain. Two boys beat the monkey to death with a piece of wood.

A "pet" capuchin bit a 19-year-old neighbor man, who underwent rabies shots.

A Yerkes primate researcher died of herpes B after she was splashed in the eye with bodily fluids from a rhesus macaque.

A "pet" Java macaque got away while being taken for a walk and attacked an elderly neighbor woman, grabbing her hair and biting her arm.

and the list goes on and on......