Right, this isn't weird news so much as wtf coverage.
Here's the story as I initially saw it on the BBC news site:
Quote:
South Africa's Chimp Eden maulers escape death penalty
Two chimpanzees which mauled an American student in South Africa will not be put down, a government investigator says.
They were defending their territory and there was no evidence of negligence by their keepers, said Dries Pienaar.
Andrew Oberle was studying at a sanctuary in north-eastern South Africa when he was attacked last Thursday.
The chimps tore off some of his fingers, a testicle and mauled his head.
Mr Pienaar, a conservationist who is leading the investigation into the attack said the animals were defending their territory.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18702968
Quite an interesting story so I read on, and then scrolled down to the bottom of the page where it gives external links to other coverage of the incident: