Residents of Baisch Nursing Center in De Soto were thrilled last week when a special guest paid them a visit. Almost all of the nursing home's 40 residents got the chance to hold and cuddle up with Hannah, a 5½-month-old chimpanzee.
In April 2001, three chimps escaped an enclosure at the Missouri Primate Foundation and wandered to a neighbor's house.
Toy monkeys, flowers and notes have been placed on the fence in front of a chimpanzee refuge on Hwy. CC south of Festus in memory of Suzy, a chimpanzee shot to death by a 17-year-old neighbor last week.
A Festus area teenager faces criminal charges following the April 19 shooting of Suzy the chimpanzee. Jason Coats, 18, was charged on May 18 with felony property damage and misdemeanor animal abuse.
A rural Festus teen charged with shooting a chimpanzee will stand trail, following a preliminary hearing held Friday, July 27.
A jury has recommended that Jason Coats, 18, of Festus, serve 30 days in jail and pay a fine for the April 19 shooting of Suzy, the chimpanzee. Sentencing for Coats is scheduled for 1 p.m. March 4 in Division 2 of the Jefferson County Circuit Court.
The baby chimpanzee viewers will see on the Oct. 27 episode of the NBC television drama “ER” makes his home in Jefferson County.
Tonia Haddix took over the sanctuary in 2018 after the previous owner closed the business and transferred ownership to Haddix in an attempt to end a lawsuit PETA filed.
Some people who live along Hwy. CC south of Festus witnessed a strange sight late last month.
Two chimpanzees that escaped from a sanctuary south of Festus this afternoon (Aug. 9) have been returned to their home at the Missouri Primate Foundation, 12338 Hwy. CC, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Grant Bissell.
Seven chimpanzees housed at a sanctuary south of Festus will be relocated within the next six months.
Tonia Haddix, who owns and cares for seven chimpanzees at the Missouri Primate Foundation,12338 Hwy. CC, south of Festus, is still battling with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
A Missouri woman may have to surrender ownership of seven chimpanzees raised in a facility near Festus.
Since June 2, Tonia Haddix has been fined $50 a day because she reportedly has not complied with a consent decree she reached with the People of the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to settle a lawsuit over the ownership of seven chimpanzees that were housed in a Festus-area sanctuary, ac…
The chimpanzees housed in a Festus-area facility will be moving to a Florida sanctuary if their caretaker cannot stop a court order.
Six chimpanzees were removed Wednesday (July 28) from a Festus-area facility so they could be relocated to a sanctuary in Florida.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is alleging a Missouri woman has secreted away a chimpanzee that was supposed to be relocated from a Festus-area facility to a Florida sanctuary.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is offering a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who can provide information to locate or confirm the death of a chimpanzee the group believes is being hidden by his former caretaker. The chimp, who is named Tonka, was being cared for at …
Actor Alan Cumming, who has had roles in numerous movies and TV shows, has announced he will match a reward for up to $10,000 the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has offered for information about a chimpanzee that used to be housed in a Festus-area facility but has gone mi…
A chimpanzee who used to be housed in a Festus-area facility and has been missing since last summer has been found alive.
