A woman in Thrasher, Tennessee, told police a vervet money tried to attack her when she went to feed her cats. The monkey later died at the Chattanooga Zoo.

A Tennessee woman said she was feeding her cats when she was nearly attacked by a different animal: a monkey. The incident occurred on Thursday as the anonymous woman was giving her pets food when a monkey — wearing a leash — tried to attack her,

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 taken to the Chattanooga Zoo, police said.