Tonia Haddix is at the center of yearslong controversy over her ownership of Tonka, a chimpanzee who starred in Hollywood movies Emily Krauser is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at ...

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Sandra Herold, owner of the chimp who mauled Charla Nash in 2009, died Monday. May 26, 2010 — -- Charla Nash, the woman whose face was mauled off by the chimp owned by Sandra Herold, is in ...

One of the first television shows I can remember seeing was “The Hathaways,” an early ’60s sitcom, starring Peggy Cass and Jack Weston, about a suburban couple and their three chimpanzees. Back in the ...

A Missouri woman who starred in the HBO documentary series “Chimp Crazy” has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after she lied that a movie star primate that she was accused of mistreating ...

The tale of Sam the chimp – the controversial beer-drinking, cigarette-smoking chimpanzee once housed at what is now called the Monkey Bar & Grille near Loveland – has been unearthed thanks to a viral ...

ST. LOUIS – The Missouri woman at the center of high-profile legal battles and controversies over exotic animal ownership, specifically chimpanzees, appeared in federal court on Tuesday, where it was ...

ST. LOUIS – Chimpanzee handler Tonia Haddix learned Thursday that she will remain jailed after a stunning discovery in her basement. The chimp discovery was first made public in federal court Tuesday.