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Entries from LAist tagged with 'chimp'

August 1, 2008

It's been more than a month since Moe the Chimp took voluntary leave of his digs at Devore's Jungle Exotics, and he hasn't been found. So now it's time to call off the search, since there aren't enough funds or resources to keep the hunt active. His trainers hope that the missing chimp is still alive, and now just hope he'll "make an appearance." Multiple sightings of what may have been Moe, from a nudist......

Continue Reading "Search is Off for Moe the Chimp; Owners Hope Now He'll Just Sorta Show Up"

June 30, 2008

Moe, the 42-year-old chimpanzee that escaped from Jungle Exotics in Devore over the weekend, was under the care of an animal trainer who was sued for animal cruelty and later barred from working with chimps in a December 2006 settlement, according to the Animal Legal Defense Fund. In a letter received by LAist, ALDF representative Lisa Franzetta explained:Moe was living at Jungle Exotics, which is the location of Amazing Animal Productions. Amazing Animal Productions......

Continue Reading "ALDF: Moe the Chimp Escaped While Under Illegal Care"

June 29, 2008

A 34-year-old chimpanzee that was raised in a West Covina family's home for three decades escaped from a wildlife sanctuary in San Bernardino County Friday night. Animal control officials and volunteers searched the nearby San Bernardino National Forest Saturday St. James Davis brought Moe home from Tanzania in the 1960s, after the chimp's mother was killed by poachers, and he and his wife raised the chimp in their West Covina home as if he were......

Continue Reading "Moe the Chimp is On the Loose"

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