The wife of a well known W Austin doctor bought a baby chimp and pampered it immensely, but it's a violation of Austin city code to have a pet chimp. Chimpanzees are classed as the same sort of dangerous animals as lions and elephants. Chimps can live to the age of 60, but they are often discard by the time they reach 6 years old. Karen Glass of Sunrise Exotics, which has a colony of 9 chimps for breeding, sold the baby chimp to the doctor's wife over over $20k. SpringArk conference Main Menu