U.S. chimp's owner won't be charged over attack

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

STAMFORD, Connecticut -- A woman who owned a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a woman won't be charged because there's no evidence she knowingly disregarded any risk the animal posed, a prosecutor said Monday.

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