(CNN)-- A Connecticut woman pleaded for police to "please hurry" to save a friend from an attack by a pet chimpanzee, according to emotional 911 recordings released Tuesday by Stamford police.

Meet Vanilla, the chimp spent the start of her life in a biomedical research ... They were then driven from Orlanda by Pero Family Farms in a climate-controlled semi-truck to the 150-acre sanctuary.

Spread out across 200 acres in Northwest Louisiana, Chimp Haven is the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary. Every detail, from the moat to the meal plan, has been designed to ensure the more than ...