Exotic Incident #1933

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Palm Harbor, FL - USA

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Incident Date:

12/02/2010

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Summary:

A female volunteer as attacked by a chimpanzee. She was bit on the back of the head, her elbow, a broken thumb, and various bites and scratches. The sanctuary refused to allow an officer to come inside the sanctuary to check on the volunteer and took her to the emergency hospital themselves. This sanctuary has been written up on numerous violations by the USDA and for a time had their license revoked.