Chimps attack American student in a South Africa sanctuary

A chimpanzee sits in a Chimp Eden enclosure in 2011. (Associated Press file)

JOHANNESBURG???Chimpanzees at a sanctuary founded by famed primatologist Jane Goodall pulled a Texas graduate student into their fenced-off enclosure, dragging him nearly a half-mile and biting off parts of his ear and hands.

Andrew F. Oberle was giving a lecture to a group of tourists at the Chimp Eden sanctuary Thursday when two chimpanzees grabbed his feet and pulled him under a fence into their enclosure, said Jeffrey Wicks of the Netcare911 emergency services company. The 26-year-old anthropology student was in critical condition Friday after undergoing surgery, hospital officials said.

Oberle had crossed the first of two fences separating the chimpanzees from visitors and was standing close to the second fence, which is electrified, at the time of the attack, said Edwin Jay, chairman of the Jane Goodall Institute South Africa. The chimps were placed in their night enclosure pending an investigation. The Associated Press

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