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The Truth: When Chimps Attack

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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - It could have been a massacre.

A vicious domestic chimpanzee attack brings the nation's attention - and the victim - right here to the Cleveland Clinic for emergency treatment.

Are these kind of wild animals dangerous as pets?

19 Action News takes you on a cross-country mission, gaining exclusive interviews with the world's top animal trainers.

See what they say about animals that are forced to cross the threshold from the wild into a home in the suburbs.

And inside information about a story that continues to captivate the country.

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