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On March 3, 2005, while at the sanctuary on one of their frequent visits with Moe, St. James and LaDonna were attacked by two young male chimpanzees named Buddy and Ollie: they had escaped their enclosures. In the ensuing attack, LaDonna lost her thumb, and St. James was brutally mauled, resulting in permanent disfigurement and missing extremities.
Mar 5, 2005 · St. James Davis took the brunt of the attack, the ferocity of which left paramedics stunned. “I had no idea a chimpanzee was capable of doing that to a human,” said Kern County Fire Capt....
Mar 16, 2005 · Two weeks after he was brutally attacked by chimps, St. James Davis remains in critical condition at Loma Linda University Medical Center, where doctors have described his struggle to survive...
Mar 5, 2005 · The victim, St James Davis, 62, was in critical condition after suffering severe facial and bodily injuries as he and his wife paid a visit to their old simian pal, Moe.
Nov 11, 2009 · St. James and LaDonna Davis were in court, found in violation of a city ordinance against harboring a wild animal — a young chimpanzee they'd kept in their home nearly from birth.
Aug 17, 2005 · Nearly six months after being mauled by two chimpanzees, a West Covina man returned home Tuesday after undergoing multiple reconstructive surgeries and spending weeks in a coma. St. James Davis...
Aug 17, 2005 · Davis lost most of his fingers, parts of his foot, a testicle and parts of his face, and both chimps were shot dead during the attack.
Feb 18, 2009 · In attempting to defend his wife, St. James Davis was savagely mauled, losing an eye and several fingers as well as sustaining other injuries. A ranger at the refuge shot and killed both chimps.
Mar 5, 2005 · The victim, St. James Davis, 62, above, and his wife had gone to the Animal Haven Ranch in Havilah, 30 miles east of Bakersfield, to visit another chimp that lived with them for decades...
Nov 9, 2005 · St. James Davis spent months in intensive care and underwent more than two dozen operations -- he estimates he has 20 more surgeries left. He was put into an induced coma to help him heal.
