SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. (WTVC) — A monkey attacked a woman in Tennessee while she was feeding her cats, according to authorities. She shot it with a shotgun Thursday afternoon, and the animal was ...

The incident occurred on Thursday as the anonymous woman was giving her pets food when a monkey — wearing a leash — tried to attack her, News Channel 9 reported.

A pet monkey in Oklahoma attacked a woman and ripped her ear in half. iStock / Getty Images Plus "He jumped up on my back and landed on my head," Parker told local news channel KOKH.

Loose pet monkey in Oklahoma attacks woman and rips part of her ear off: 'It's absolutely scary' "He jumped up my back and landed on my head, got on my head and grabbed handfuls of hair and just ...

“And I said oh my god, there is a monkey, and I took a second take and I said, there is a monkey on the front porch.” Parker said she was stunned. “He was trying to get into my house.

DICKSON, Okla. -- A woman in Oklahoma says she's traumatized after she was attacked by someone's pet monkey on her own front porch. Brittany Parker said she was sitting inside her home in Dickson ...

Police received a report of a monkey on someone's front porch just after 6 p.m., according to the Dickson Police Department. The monkey was shot and killed by a family member shortly after the attack.