SHOT BY A CHIMPANZEE
Henry vim Ness, trainer with the Shelly Zoo, in winter (niartcrs at Baltimore, was shot in (ho lee by Consul, abijj chilllpnn7.ee. Luckily the revolver contained only one cartridge, and the wound in ..van Ness was only a flesh wound, and «i burn from the i>owdcr. The chinfpnrizeo imitates tjie. trainer and other employees of the zoo. Jte watched fhe. bears actine in the arena, and saw the trainer point, a revolver at one of the bears" when the iinimal refused to ro through the act. The trainer then placed the revolver 011 ii. stand nikl foi'Rot, to take it with liini Vhnn the act was over. After the performance of the hears the rMinpavzVe was taken into the arena. The animal crapped the weannn, and. iwinlivr it at. van Nos". pu'M the (rj?fcr. It was after considerable difficulty that I he trainer wrested the weapon from the. chiinpaii7.ee.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 181, 26 April 1919, Page 7
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153SHOT BY A CHIMPANZEE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 181, 26 April 1919, Page 7
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