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Chimpanzee

Chimpanzee attacks have been reported as recently as February 25, 2010 by New York Times. Chimpanzee attacks have involved 3 people, 3 places, 2 organizations and 13 things.

Sharks, pit bulls, bears, snakes and other animals often go on the attack. Sometimes animals attack for survival sake. Sometimes they attack by mistake, such as when a Great White shark mistakes the white bottom of a surfboard for a seal. Sometimes they attack for territorial domination, and on occasion it is we humans that have trained them to attack.

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Chimpanzee attack

  1. ...Travis. The story and its sensational underpinnings - Travis lived like a human, eating steak and drinking wine and, when he became hostile the day of the attack, ingesting Xanax - swept the globe. Travis had...

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  2. ...cage. Two chimps got out of their cage and entered the one that Maturen was cleaning because workers failed to secure a lock between the cages and to move the chimps to a cage farther away, authorities said. The...

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  3. ...Andrea Maturen told Tampa Bay TV station WTSP she can't blame the animal or the sanctuary for what she describes as "human error." "I believe Shawn the chimp was extremely scared I was in her enclosure...

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  4. ...her injuries and said she was bears no animosity toward the animal that put her in the hospital. "I love her. It's not her fault. She doesn't need to be punished for it," said Andrea Maturen, 22, whose arm was...

    Read more: Palm Harbor chimp attack victim harbors no hard feelings

  5. Top News Breaking News Hernando Hillsborough Pasco Pinellas Beyond Tampa Bay The Magazine Education Obituaries Health Home Sale Trends Do Good Travel LifeTimes Video Search Site Web Archives - back to 1987...

    Read more: Deputies: Chimp attacks woman at Palm Harbor primate sanctuary

  6. ...to the woman that was attacked by the chimpanzee was devastating. In no way did I mean to insult or offend anyone by posting these pictures." Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal noted that a defect...

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  7. ...appeared on Anderson Cooper 360° on February 18, 2009 to talk about Travis (chimpanzee), who was killed by police for attacking his owner. One of Salmoni's points was that chimpanzees should not be kept as pets.

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  8. ...pet chimpanzee attacked a woman in Connecticut, destroying her hands, eyes, nose and jaw. THE SLOTH LOBBY Another proposal before the board asks regulators to allow people to own sloths, kinkajous,...

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  9. ...on February 18, 2009. A woman, Charla Nash, was attacked by a domesticated chimpanzee. It is composed of the scenario broken-up into parts with the band members of Suicide Silence performing background music.

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  10. Face, Hand Transplants for Chimp Victim?

    ... attacked her at Herold's Stamford, Conn., home. When she first arrived in the Stamford Hospital emergency room, doctors were astounded that she survived. Nash has continued to surprise the nation with upbeat...

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  11. ...in February after its owner asked Nash to help lure it back into her house. The animal ripped off Nash's hands, nose, lips and eyelids. The hospital, which in 2008 performed the nation's first face transplant...

    Read more: Chimp Attack Victim Rejected For Transplant

  12. ...Nash after its owner asked her to help lure the animal back into her house. The chimp ripped off Charla's hands, nose, lips and eyelids. The transplant would be amazing as it would help her smell, breathe, eat and...

    Read more: Charla Nash Denied Face And Hand Transplant

  13. ...of the case incontrovertible: The 200-pound chimpanzee attacked Nash after Herold asked her to help lure him back into her house Feb. 16. Before Nash arrived, Herold gave the animal several Xanax pills in a...

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  14. ...owner of a chimpanzee that attacked a woman in February? Do you think the H1N1 flu pandemic has ebbed for the season or will there be a resurgence? Half the tests were performed in the hospital's emergency...

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  15. ...the case incontrovertible: The 200-pound chimpanzee attacked Nash after Herold asked her to help Advertisement lure him back into her house Feb. 16. Before Nash arrived, Herold gave the animal several Xanax...

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  16. ...photo, was shot and killed by police after the pet chimpanzee attacked a woman Feb. 16. By Oren Dorell, USA TODAY A woman who was mauled and blinded by a friend's chimpanzee is "at peace" with a Connecticut...

    Read more: Chimp's owner won't face charges in attack

  17. By JOSH KOVNER and ARIELLE LEVIN BECKER STAMFORD - - Charla Nash's family members said they have mixed feelings but were ultimately accepting of a decision by prosecutors not to charge Sandra Herold, owner of...

    Read more: State Won't Charge Owner In Chimp Attack Case

  18. ...nose, lips and eyelids in February. The chimp was owned by Nash's employer, Sandra Herold, who called Nash to her house on Feb. 16 to help lure Travis back into the home. Many felt Herold should be punished in...

    Read more: No Charges Filed In Conn. Chimpanzee Attack

  19. ...Stamford State's Attorney David Cohen announced Monday afternoon. "To be found to have acted recklessly under our statutes, the state would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person was aware...

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  20. AP: No Charges In Chimp Attack Case

    Carla Nash Lost Hands, Most Of Face Updated: Monday, 07 Dec 2009, 12:44 PM CST Published : Monday, 07 Dec 2009, 12:07 PM CST NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A A Connecticut prosecutor does not plan to charge the owner of...

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