Don t feed monkey s Flamin Hot Cheetos!
El Paso Zoo officials say they will press charges against a woman who was caught on video climbing into a spider-monkey exhibit over the weekend.
The clip posted on Instagram shows the woman feeding the monkeys inside the exhibit.
The Lovett Law Firm in El Paso identified the woman as an employee and released a statement saying she has been fired. We absolutely do not condone this irresponsible and reckless behavior.
The zoo s director called the woman s actions stupid.
Woman Fired From Law Firm After Entering El Paso Monkey Enclosure - El Paso, TX - On Sunday, a video was posted to Instagram of a woman in the spider monkey enclosure, feeding them Hot Cheetos, according to the post.
First Published: 11:10 AM PDT, May 25, 2021
She risked spreading COVID-19 to the monkeys, Libby and Sunday, a zookeeper said, not to mention personal injury.
The Texas woman seen in a video feeding hot Cheetos to spider monkeys while inside the monkey exhibit at the El Paso Zoo has been fired from her job. The law firm she had previously been employed by called her illegal entry into the enclosure “irresponsible and reckless,” and sent their thoughts out to the spider monkeys, Libby and Sunday, for the “traumatic experience.”
“The firm has always been a strong supporter of animals and animal advocacy,” Lovett Law Firm, which specializes in personal injury, said in a statement on social media. “We absolutely do not condone this irresponsible and reckless behavior.