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(10 Jul 2014) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus013562 • • A Connecticut woman blinded and disfigured by a chimpanzee attack is visiting Washington this week to urge the passage of rules to make it harder to keep primates as pets. • Charla Nash, who lost her nose, lips, eyelids and hands after she was mauled by her employer's 200-pound pet chimpanzee in 2009, said people who buy baby chimps would be wrong to think they will be harmless, childlike companions. • Nash, who underwent face transplant surgery in 2011, appearred at a news conference on Thursday in Washington with representatives of The Humane Society of the United States to press Congress to support the Captive Primates Safety Act. • She is also meeting with congressional staff to discuss the legislation, which has previously passed the U.S. House. • It would amend the Lacey Act by adding nonhuman primates to the list of animals that cannot be traded or transported across state lines as pets. • Currently, the Lacey Act puts such restrictions on big cats, such as lions and tigers. • Approximately 25 states prohibit people from keeping some or all primates as pets. • Nash, who is now living alone in a small apartment in Massachusetts and relies on government assistance to cover most of her expenses, said she has not given up hope on her case even though her lawyers told her they can't go any further. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
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