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PETA files new motion in Tonia Haddix case, citing ‘Chimp Crazy’ as evidence
1 month, 3 weeks ago

PETA files new motion in Tonia Haddix case, citing ‘Chimp Crazy’ as evidence

LA Times  

The “Chimp Crazy” legal saga continues. Premiering in August, the four-episode “Chimp Crazy” followed Haddix, an animal broker who had taken over the now-defunct Missouri Primate Foundation, amid an ongoing legal battle with PETA over the custody of several chimpanzees. In its new filing in the Eastern District of Missouri, PETA alleges that “Chimp Crazy” provides new evidence of instances …

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Inside Tonka’s life after ‘Chimp Crazy’: Vegan meals, painting and lots of sex
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside Tonka’s life after ‘Chimp Crazy’: Vegan meals, painting and lots of sex

LA Times  

After being cloistered in a basement cage for nearly a year, Tonka just wanted to be outside. The animal rights organization was alerted to Tonka’s whereabouts by the “Chimp Crazy” producers, who feared Tonia Haddix was going to euthanize the ape. “It’s amazing how well Tonka is doing,” says Ana Paula Tavares, CEO of Save the Chimps. “It didn’t take …

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Seeing ‘Chimp Crazy’ led PETA to urge criminal charges against Tonia Haddix
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Seeing ‘Chimp Crazy’ led PETA to urge criminal charges against Tonia Haddix

LA Times  

The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. In the letter, Peet said that the nonprofit was told that the attorney’s office “has thus far declined to move forward with charges against Haddix because you felt you lacked sufficient evidence to prove that the chimpanzee who was removed from Haddix’s home on June 5, 2022 was actually Tonka.” …

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‘Chimp Crazy’ is a disturbing docuseries that argues against the ownership of primates
4 months ago

‘Chimp Crazy’ is a disturbing docuseries that argues against the ownership of primates

LA Times  

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. Eric Goode who, with Rebecca Chaiklin, directed Netflix’s super-successful “Tiger King” and its two less successful sequels, is telling a similar story here, about people who keep wild animals, …

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"Chimp Crazy," the latest from maker of "Tiger King," is disturbing in more ways than the obvious
4 months ago

"Chimp Crazy," the latest from maker of "Tiger King," is disturbing in more ways than the obvious

Salon  

“Things are getting kind of strange” is what you’d expect someone in a docuseries called “Chimp Crazy” to say. “Tonka always makes me feel safe,” Haddix says, later adding, “He’s just a very kind and loving person.” Tonka and Tonia Haddix in "Chimp Crazy" By that point the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has upended her life with …

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Chimp Crazy: HBO documentary is even more grotesque than Tiger King.
54 years, 11 months ago

Chimp Crazy: HBO documentary is even more grotesque than Tiger King.

Slate  

Like toilet paper shortages and disinfecting groceries, the runaway success of Tiger King is one of those early pandemic phenomena that feels as if it took place in a parallel universe whose portals have been forever sealed. Chimp Crazy, the first episode of which premieres on HBO this Sunday, isn’t exactly another attempt to make Tiger King happen, but you’d …

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