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Horse dentist asked not to dress as gorilla

Rob Beschizza
Jul 29, 2025
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Chris Napthine wanted to surprise his young daughter on the last day of school by picking her up in a full-body gorilla costume. Afterwards, the 47-year-old horse dentist and farmer was asked by the school not to do it again as the costume posed a "safeguarding" concern. Then he went to local media to complain they are "woke."

"She's always saying, 'Dad,…

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