ABC News: U.S.: Chimp Attack Victim Identified as Texas Student

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Chimp Attack Victim Identified as Texas Student Jun 29th 2012, 20:21 An American researcher mauled by chimpanzees in South Africa has been identified as a graduate student in Texas studying anthropology. Andrew Oberle was in critical condition Friday after undergoing surgery near Johannesburg. Officials say the 26-year-old was giving a lecture Thursday at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden when two chimpanzees grabbed his feet and pulled him under a fence. Oberle is a student at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The school said in a statement Friday that "our hearts go out to Andrew and his family." Officials in South Africa say Oberle had "multiple and severe bite wounds" and was dragged nearly half a by the chimpanzees.

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