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Beastly trick by Big George, a well-behaved chimp at the Riverdale zoo for 32 years, sent zoo constable Roy Matthews, 38, to hospital minus the end of(...)
Beastly trick by Big George, a well-behaved chimp at the Riverdale zoo for 32 years, sent zoo constable Roy Matthews, 38, to hospital minus the end of(...)

Beastly trick by Big George, a well-behaved chimp at the Riverdale zoo for 32 years, sent zoo constable Roy Matthews, 38, to hospital minus the end of(...)

Date9/13/1958
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Original Toronto Star caption: Beastly trick by Big George; a well-behaved chimp at the Riverdale zoo for 32 years; sent zoo constable Roy Matthews; 38; to hospital minus the end of a finger early today. Roy reached into George's cage to give him an orange and ouch! I guess George got up on the wrong side of his cage; said Roy
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116451F