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A brutal mauling by a friend's pet chimpanzee left Charla Nash without a nose, eyelids, lips or hands. Police initially couldn't determine her gender. Doctors weren't sure if she would survive.

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Owner of chimp that attacked friend diesupdated: Wed May 26 2010 06:19:00

The owner of a chimpanzee that viciously attacked her friend in 2009 died of an aortic aneurysm. WFSB reports.

Owner of chimp that attacked friend dies at 72updated: Wed May 26 2010 06:19:00

Sandra Herold, the owner of a chimpanzee that was involved in a vicious attack on her friend last year, has died, her attorney said Tuesday. She was 72.

State: No charges in Connecticut chimpanzee attackupdated: Mon Dec 07 2009 21:19:00

Criminal charges will not be filed against the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a Connecticut woman earlier this year, according to Connecticut State's Attorney David Cohen.

Family of chimp attack victim seeks $50 millionupdated: Wed Mar 18 2009 09:14:00

A lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who was violently attacked by a chimpanzee is seeking $50 million in damages from the owner of the primate, attorneys said Tuesday.

Chimp attack victim remains in critical conditionupdated: Wed Mar 04 2009 19:09:00

A Connecticut woman who was mauled last month by a chimpanzee remains in critical condition at the Cleveland Clinic, and her potential for recovery remains unclear, the facility said Wednesday.

House says 'no' to pet primatesupdated: Tue Feb 24 2009 22:23:00

In the wake of a highly publicized chimpanzee attack, the U.S. House made its first official move to ban humans from owning primates as pets.

Doctors weigh chimp victim's course of treatmentupdated: Fri Feb 20 2009 22:27:00

A team of doctors at the Cleveland Clinic will spend as much as a week determining how they will treat a woman mauled by a chimpanzee, and whether they will consider offering her a face transplant.

Chimp attack victim moved to Cleveland Clinicupdated: Fri Feb 20 2009 06:52:00

A Connecticut woman attacked Monday by her friend's pet chimpanzee was taken Thursday from a Connecticut hospital to the famed Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, a hospital spokeswoman said. She would not divulge the victim's condition nor the reason for the move.

AC360: Chimp attackupdated: Thu Feb 19 2009 02:28:00

Anderson talks with a wildlife expert about his reaction to the chimp attack that left a woman critically injured.

Victim of chimp attack in 'critical but stable' conditionupdated: Thu Feb 19 2009 02:28:00

Seven hours of surgery and four teams of surgeons were needed to stabilize a Connecticut woman attacked by a pet chimpanzee, doctors at Stamford Hospital said Wednesday.

'Shoot him,' 911 caller pleadsupdated: Wed Feb 18 2009 09:09:00

CNN's Jason Carroll reports on the 911 tapes released after a chimpanzee brutally attacked a woman.

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