DOCUMENTARY fans have been completely disturbed after viewing a trailer for HBO's newest docuseries Chimp Crazy. The new show follows Tonia Haddix, a woman who was formerly a nurse, but found that her true passion was taking care of exotic animals . In the HBO series, viewers will experience Tonia's day-to-day life as a chimpanzee owner.
At the beginning of her animal journey, Tonia began working at the Missouri Primate Foundation. Eventually, she took over the organization - where she raised seven monkeys between there and her home in Sunrise Beach, Missouri. Tonia owned a well-known animal in the Hollywood industry, a retired chimp named Tonka.
Read More on Documentaries Tonka appeared in two hit 1997 films including Buddy alongside Alan Cumming and George of the Jungle starring Brendan Fraser and Leslie Mann . Due to Tonia owning Tonka, she was hit with lawsuits from PETA and the police . 'WE FOUND EACH OTHER' In the trailer for the documentary , Tonia praised Tonka and said she would "do anything to protect" him.
She said, "Tonka and I just found each other. It was meant to be, it was just natural. Most read in Streaming "Tonka loved me just as much as I love Tonka.
"It's like your love for God." Later on, actor Alan Cumming, who spoke out at the time of Tonia's lawsuits, appeared in the doc and said, "People fall in love with these chimps, and you can't wild things." In the next clip, Tonia fed her animals trapped in cages fast food .
Tonia's son, Justin, also appeared i.