Chimp Crazy: Miniseries

2024

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4 episodes
Documentary
HBO

HBO docuseries profiling former nurse-turned-exotic animal broker Tonia Haddix, who refers to herself as the "Dolly Parton of chimps." Spending... More

HBO docuseries profiling former nurse-turned-exotic animal broker Tonia Haddix, who refers to herself as the "Dolly Parton of chimps." Spending her days caring for animals in captivity, her boundless love for one particular chimpanzee spirals into a wild cat-and-mouse game with authorities and an animal rights group.

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Where to watch Chimp Crazy: Miniseries

Chimp Crazy: Miniseries is available to stream in Australia now... More on Foxtel and Binge.

Chimp Crazy: Miniseries episodes

Monkey Love

Former nurse-turned-exotic animal broker Tonia Haddix fights to retain custody... More of her “kids” — seven chimpanzees at the Missouri Primate Foundation (MPF). Other chimp moms are introduced, including one who raised a baby chimpanzee alongside her own infant daughter.

Gone Ape

PETA launches an investigation after a former Hollywood chimp named... More Tonka goes missing. It’s a high-stakes legal battle, particularly in light of a brutal attack that happened years earlier when another chimp nearly killed a Connecticut woman.

Head Shot

Actor Alan Cumming, who also has a special relationship with... More Tonka, adds $10,000 to a reward for Tonka’s whereabouts, and the film crew faces an ethical dilemma as parallels are drawn to a previous PETA case that took a dangerous turn in Oregon.

Fantasy Island

Tonka’s fate becomes clearer while Tonia struggles to let go... More and dreams of one day opening her own island sanctuary where she can live among chimpanzees.