February 15, 2009 St. Louis, MO Cinder, a 14-year-old chimpanzee at the St. Louis Zoo, died unexpectedly sometime Sunday. Zookeepers found Cinder collapsed on the floor and, despite efforts to resuscitate her, she died. Primates
January 14, 2009 Baltimore, MD Charley, a 28-year-old chimpanzee, died at the Maryland Zoo. Keepers found Charley dead. It is believed he died overnight without showing any signs of illness. Charley is the third adult chimp to die at the zoo in the past two years. Primates
June 7, 2008 Lincoln, NE Zoo Nebraska lost its federal license and tried to sell or give away its exotic animals. The zoo was closed since September 2005 when three chimpanzees escaped and had to be shot. BearsBig CatsOther
June 30, 2008 West Covina, CA Moe, a domesticated chimpanzee, disappeared from Jungle Exotics. Experts believed he was in the San Bernardino Forest. The couple who raised Moe were viciously attacked by two other chimps in 2005 when they attempted to visit Moe for his birthday at the sanctuary. Primates
March 12, 2008 Bastrop, TX A chimpanzee was shot and killed after escaping from his enclosure at the University of Texas research center. Primates
January 16, 2007 Little Rock, AR Judy, a chimpanzee at the Little Rock Zoo, escaped from her enclosure into a nearby service area when a zookeeper opened the door to her sleeping quarters unaware that she was still inside. Judy was sedated and returned to her enclosure. Primates
February 3, 2006 Columbus, OH A zookeeper at the Columbus Zoo lost her fingertip when Toby, an adult male bonobo (or pygmy chimpanzee), bit her. The incident happened when the zookeeper fed Toby a grape as a reward for stepping on and off the scale. Primates
November 8, 2005 Miami, FL Kutosha, a 7-year-old chimpanzee at the Miami Metrozoo, died while en route to Busch Gardens in Tampa. The Metrozoo has been accused of not adopting lifelong care policy and was also involved in another controversy involving Edith, chimpanzee at Metrozoo, until her ownership changed and she ended up in deplorable conditions in Texas. Primates
October 6, 2005 Eureka, CA Bill, a 59-year-old chimpanzee at the Sequoia Park Zoo, escaped when vandals broke into the zoo after closing and cut a hole in his cage. Bill’s primary keeper found him at a house 1-1/2 blocks away and walked him back to the zoo. Primates
September 6, 2005 Royal, NE The director of the unaccredited Nebraska Zoo shot and killed three chimpanzees when they escaped from their pens. The chimpanzees escaped when a keeper left the padlock unlocked after a routine cleaning. The remaining chimpanzee was sent to a private breeding operation near Kansas City. Primates