Jul 2, 2008 5:06 pm US/Pacific
Where The Heck Is Moe? Famed Chimp Still Missing
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
There is still no sign of Moe the chimp, who vanished last week in the San Bernardino National Forest after escaping his cage.
Mike McCasland, a friend of Moe's owners LaDonna and St. James Davis, says volunteers have been "following every lead and rumor," without any luck.
The 42-year-old Moe became a celebrity during the decades he lived in the couple's West Covina home before biting incidents led to a high-profile 1990s court battle that led to his removal from the Los Angeles suburb.
He vanished Friday from Jungle Exotics, a facility in the Devore area of San Bernardino County.
McCasland says Moe is probably holed up near a water source and living on berries and leaves.
Tomorrow, volunteers familiar with roads in the forest plan to begin patrols in four Jeeps.
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