Planet of the Apes has begun

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WFIE said:
The operator of a California wildlife sanctuary near Bakersfield, won't face criminal charges in connection with an attack by two chimpanzees. The animals critically injured a man last month.

Authorities say the operator, Virginia Brauer, was not to blame because the animals apparently escaped on their own. Kern County officials say one of the chimps apparently figured out how to reach through a tight space between a chain link fence and a wall, pull out a steel pin and slide a door open.

The animals chewed off part of a man's face, and mauled other parts of his body, before Brauer's son-in-law shot the animals to death.
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Was this the Birthday chimp attack ??? Where the previous owners of a Chimp came for a Bparty only to be attacked by a couple other Chimps?I thought that was more than a mnth ago.
 
I think it's the same story & yea, it had to have been more than month. :shrug:
 
Hmm... Bakersfield... Monkey... notice we haven't seen a certain monkey from Bakersfield lately? Coincidence?
 
Get Your Hands Off Me...

On March 3, 2005 the Animal Haven Ranch in Caliente, California was the scene of a chimpanzee escape of not one, but four chimps. The apes escaped and attacked two people. St. James and La Donna Davis were visiting their former pet chimpanzee, Moe when the other apes escaped.

Animal behavior consultant, Diana L. Guerrero said, "Chimpanzees can be extremely dangerous. Captive wild animals may seem amiable to humans and other creatures, but they are not the anthropomorphized creatures humans imagine them to be."

St. James Davis, 62, lost all the fingers from both hands, an eye, part of his nose, cheek, lips and part of his buttocks. He also suffered injury to a foot and his genitals. LaDonna Davis, 64, lost a thumb. St. James was transported to Kern Medical Center and then to Loma Linda hospital for further treatment.
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You Damned Dirty Ape

On this visit, the Davises sat next to Moe's outdoor cage so they could talk to him and feed him cake through the fence.

"I cut them each [Moe and St. James] a piece of cake and then was going to cut myself a piece," LaDonna Davis said. "Moe was giggling and clapping."

Suddenly, two other adult male chimps appeared, startling the couple.

"When I turned around, I saw one of the males out of the corner of my eye," she said. "We made eye contact, and he charged."

As the ape approached her, Davis said, she turned around and placed her arm around St. James. One of the chimps hit her hard from behind, knocking the couple over.

"As we were falling, the chimp came back around and bit my finger off," LaDonna Davis said. "There was no time to run. There was no time to do anything."

Despite the attack, Davis said the incident has not diminished her love of chimpanzees or her belief that they can be gentle animals in captivity.

Male chimps usually stand about 4 to 5 1/2 feet tall and weigh 100 to 120 pounds, experts say. Their upper body strength is said to be at least five times that of the average human.
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I wouldn't really want a pet that could beat the shit out of me, but these folks apparently haven't learned.
 
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