Who is Tonia Haddix and what did she do to her pet ape Tonka? - Haddix is the controversial exotic animal broker at the ...

HBO’s “Chimp Crazy” revolves around a woman who’s trying to raise a primate in Missouri. She unsuccessfully fights PETA’s ...

"Chimp Crazy," the HBO docuseries directed by Eric Goode of "Tiger King" fame, follows Tonia Haddix, the owner of the Sunrise ...

HBO Max documentary Chimp Crazy explored the relationship between Tonia Haddix and chimp Tonka, as well as other chimp lovers ...

Tonka went from Hollywood to a Missouri breeding compound, which People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals helped shut down, to the Missouri home of Tonia Haddix, an untrained and inexperienced ...

“I don’t want this crap, I just want to be normal,” Haddix says. When reminded that most wouldn’t consider running a small petting zoo, bottle-feeding capuchin monkeys and housing baby ...

When a five-year-old Tonia Haddix went to her local fair in Ozark, Missouri, and saw an organ grinder accompanied by a furry mate, “I knew from that point on I was going to have a monkey.” ...

Tonka from HBO’s Chimp Crazy was finally rescued after being kidnapped and is currently peacefully living in a sanctuary. “We ...

ST. LOUIS — PETA is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to revoke the Animal Welfare Act license of Tonia Haddix, a controversial wild-animal broker featured in the recent HBO ...

The series, which premiered last month, focuses on Tonia Haddix, a former nurse and animal broker who took over the Missouri Primate Foundation in 2018, a facility that housed seven chimps used in ...

But the real star of Goode’s new project is Tonia Haddix, a former nurse who fell head over heels for a movie star. He just happened to be a chimp named Tonka. Who is Grant Ellis? What to know ...