Tonia Haddix ist eine ehemalige Krankenschwester und später eine berühmt-berüchtigte Händlerin für exotische Tiere. Ihre ganz besondere Liebe für einen Schimpansen, den sie nicht artgerecht wie ein Haustier hält, löst einen jahrelangen Rechtsstreit und ein absurdes Katz-und-Maus-Spiel mit den Behöreden und Tierrechtsorganisationen aus.
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00:00You can't tame wild things.
00:09There is this culture of almost entirely women who raise chimpanzees and monkeys as if they're babies.
00:17There is nothing like holding, loving, being around a chimp.
00:22Especially Tonka.
00:25And I'll do anything to protect that primate. Anything.
00:31Tonka and I just found each other. It was meant to be. It was just natural.
00:36And Tonka loved me as much as I love Tonka.
00:40It's like your love for God.
00:44People fall in love with these chimps and you can't tame wild things.
00:50Do you want these nuggets? Here's your sauce.
00:53I'm just afraid that she might get too caught up in this.
00:56I'm just afraid that she might get too caught up in this.
01:00PETA seized the chimps with U.S. marshal oversight.
01:04Okay, roll film.
01:06The chimpanzee lady now making national news.
01:09A movie star chimp named Tonka and its disappearance.
01:12It all has the makings of a Hollywood plot, but no, this is real life.
01:16I keep getting to be the bad guy here and I'm tired of it.
01:20When you're in love, your brain is out of control.
01:22There's chemicals and hormones and things happening to you that makes you irrational.
01:27They're going to have to bring sheriffs and everything that they can.
01:30I've never seen her that passionate about anything in my life, ever.
01:34And that includes her outside.
01:38Send the police to my chimpanzee!
01:43Adult chimpanzees are incredibly dangerous.
01:46Please be with your faithful!
01:49It's insane when you think about it. It's insane.
01:53They can throw me in jail for a year, I don't care.
01:57I would give anything that I had possession-wise up for that child.
02:02I would give my life for him.
02:09Chimps are my whole thing. You can shape them into being you.