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The local papers are enjoying the story of the attacking-macaque owner more than a barrel of monkeys: The Daily News finds more victims of disabled Steven Seidler's service monkey, Darla (pictured, left in Seidler's apartment). In a 2002 incident, a girl accidentally clipped Darla with her bike when Seidler was taking Darla for a walk, and Darla "reared and sank her teeth into the girl's knee." Like another incident a year ago, as well as Sunday's, this was reported to the police, but the city allowed Seidler to keep the monkey under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Post goes for the jugular, by nothing Seidler's prison time for dealing cocaine: "He was released in 1999, but still has the monkey on his back until his five-year probation ends in November." Plus, the Post visit 2 year-old Tommy Romano, who was bitten by Darla on Sunday:
He now sports two Snoopy bandages — one where the monkey gnawed on him, the other where a technician drew a vial of blood to test for meningitis...When a reporter approached him, Tommy seemed like a normal 2-year-old, until asked how he was feeling.NY Post, as much as Gothamist loves this story, stop going to Tommy's house - you're freaking him out!"I'm scared of monkeys," he said, his good mood vanishing instantly.
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Wait, yesterday Tommy was eight, and now he's two? Does he have some sort of mysterious shrinking disease.
The more I hear about this monkey, the more I like it.
that is a fantastic shot of the monkey peeking through the blinds. It's like a freakish, miniature, furry human-bean! I would be scared of monkeys too, if I saw this thing.
The monkey is like "Go away, I have no comment to the press." If given a choice between a monkey or a rug rat, I'll choose the monkey any day...
the monkey definitely has anger issues.
I am sorry for freaking out that little kid, but my goal was to let people know that these so-called service monkeys, which really have no formal training and no real certification, are a menace. IF you need a helper animal get a pot-bellied pig, or a spouse.
you people are all sick