Chimpanzees Repeatedly Escape Home
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, MO – Missouri Primate Foundation, a business that rents chimpanzees for parties, houses as many as 16 chimpanzees and other primates. At least twice this summer chimpanzees have gotten out and wandered around the neighborhood. One escape took place on June 30. A woman who lives across from the property found a chimpanzee in her living room. Thankfully she was able to scare it away.
Images posted on social media by drivers along Highway CC show the chimpanzee leaning against a passing car. Finally a man is seen leading the chimpanzee back into the facility.
The most recent escape happened Aug. 9. A spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office said an unsecured lock allowed the chimpanzees to escape. A woman at the facility suffered minor injuries but declined medical treatment.
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