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Jane Lavender

Woman's face and hands ripped off by pet chimp who was 'part of the family'

When Sandra and her husband Jerome Herold heard about the tragic three-day old chimp who needed a home, they knew they had to do something.

The tiny chimp had been left with no one when his mother was shot dead as she tried to flee the Missouri Chimpanzee Sanctuary.

The couple welcome the chimp into their home and in no time at all he became a key part of the family.

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