Chimp attack victim identified as Texas student

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Andrew Oberle is a student at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

30 June,2012 02:08 pm

An American researcher mauled by chimpanzees in South Africa has been identified as a graduate student in Texas studying anthropology.Andrew Oberle was in critical condition Friday after undergoing surgery near Johannesburg. Officials say the 26-year-old was giving a lecture Thursday at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden when two chimpanzees grabbed his feet and pulled him under a fence.Oberle is a student at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The school said in a statement Friday that our hearts go out to Andrew and his family.Officials in South Africa say Oberle had multiple and severe bite wounds and was dragged nearly a half-mile by the chimpanzees.