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This chimp, as I understand it, was pretty well known in the town. Even the police were aware, yet nothing was ever done such as removing the pet from the home. If I remember right, some new law was passed recently about having wild animals as pets but this chimp was grandfathered in (though some are now saying that never happened or never should have happened). Anyhow, with the common knowledge that this pet existed yet nothing was done then I'd think it'd be hard to press charges.

I also heard that this is a friend that visited fairly frequently but she had recently changed her hair style, or dyed her hair maybe and the chimp didn't recognize her.

It's an unfortunate situation. I don't know what natural selection has to do with any of it.