Here is a link to a bunch of comments from 2004 on the matter of whether or not "Clyde" was beaten.
http://www.clinteastwood.org/forums/index.php?board=3;action=printpage ;threadid=2573
One comment says that Bobby Berosini worked on the first movie,
Every Which Way But Loose
, but not on
Any Which Way You Can
.

So the Vegas Ape guy had nothing to do with it?
If there be a godthan hide from him our most evil enterprise!

So he was DOING Doughnuts, not EATING doughnuts?
How would anyone know this?
That is sad though, I sure hope the trainer was blacklisted over it.

nowhere does it say doughnuts.

Until the early 1980's, many zoos had maintained both Sumatran and Borneo orangutans and had interbred them.
But when zoos became more purist about breeding, older hybrid orangutans were not suitable for Species Survival Programs
(zoo programs to breed endangered species in captivity and to keep them genetically sound.) Clyde, a hybrid, did not fit in with the zoo's plans for the future.
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beep racists.

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Well maybe Clyde should have laid off the dam doughnuts.
guess there going to have to find another ape for the sequel

Dude, that depressed me once again, but I think it's valid. Someone should beat that a-hole into cardiac arrest, he was more of an animal.

heres what i read,
"Any Which Way You Can:" The Death of Clyde
The orangutan name Clyde was born in a zoo but, in 1982, he became "surplus" when the zoo began a new program of orangutan breeding. Until the early 1980's, many zoos had maintained both Sumatran and Borneo orangutans and had interbred them. But when zoos became more purist about breeding, older hybrid orangutans were not suitable for Species Survival Programs (zoo programs to breed endangered species in captivity and to keep them genetically sound.) Clyde, a hybrid, did not fit in with the zoo's plans for the future. He and two other orangutans - CJ and Bubba - were about to find new careers in "show business."
Clint Eastwood had already starred in one film - "Any Which Way But Loose" - with an orangutan co-star trained by Las Vegas animal trainer Bobby Berosini. When a new Eastwood movie was announced, the largest supplier of animals for Hollywood films won the contract. The company did not own an orangutan so its owner scanned the industry papers for zoo surplus and found Clyde.
Clyde became the "star" of "Any Which Way You Can." But, what most of Clyde's fans did not know was that Clyde barely survived the making of the film. In fact, he had been dead for nearly six months by the time he gained fame through the movie. The assistant to Gentle Jungle's head trainer told the media that the trainer beat Clyde to make him docile during the filming. He told reporters that one day before filming, the trainer ordered him and another trainer to help him take Clyde to an isolated spot because he wanted to "have a little talk with him."2 When Clyde became inattentive, the trainer repeatedly beat him with a cane and an ax handle. Clyde tried protecting himself with his arms and rolling in a circle, trying to avoid the blows which were ultimately fatal. He died of cardiac arrest a month after the beating.

The poster above may have meant the original clyde, and I don't know about the facts confusing the timeline, but I was a kid when the film came out and it's true that he was killed by this moron. Mind you, it happened after the film completed filming, but I had seen news reports, and there were some protests by animal rights people justly.
I'm not to sure as to the reason (the dounut theory,) but if the OP Isn't correct, then that has to be considered an urban ledgend, because that's exactly what my brother told me in the early 80s.
The reason I remember it all these years later is because I was really young when I saw the first one, liked it, but that story screwed up my watching this movie. I mean, animal death in a comedy, WTF.

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That website is incorrect. It says that clyde died of a heart attack but imdb says that he died of a brain hemmorage.

lighten up, tough guy. I'd like to see you get beaten for eating doughnuts (so would Clint).
What the beep is a Chinese Downhill?!?

Well I heard the orangutan was caught cheating at black-jack so
"I don't want your watch, man. I want your friendship!" - Lightfoot

$300,000 actually.

That same man got into a lot of trouble here in Las Vegas about 15 years ago for beating animals. There was film of him back stage at the Stardust hotel beating an orangutan. I think the guy had to pay a three million dollar fine.

'They say Clyde came available to the movies in 1982, but Any Which Way You Can was released in 1980. That would mean the monkey was killed two years before he became available to work!'
Actually, it would mean that Clyde died two years AFTER the film debuted in 1980So if Clyde died a month after the film was finished filming then he died in 1979/1980.IF Clyde died in 1982, then he died 2 years after filming the movie.
hjl
Star Wars Episode IV.V: The Holiday Special.

Don't believe the hype I love animals too, but I checked the web link from the first post, and their timeline is off by two yrs. They say Clyde came available to the movies in 1982, but Any Which Way You Can was released in 1980. That would mean the monkey was killed two years before he became available to work! These people should pull their heads out of their butts If they truly love animals, they would tell the truth, and quit trying to B.S. people! Check for yourself.
http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/sharebook/653450313&tag=dog?share_t ype=&tag=exploitation&pid=653450313
THAT MAN'S NUTS! GRAB'UM
(ouch!)

No, because Clyde wasn't a monkey.
You smell like beef and cheese, you don't smell like Santa.

I should care about a monkey that died 27 years ago?