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Travis (October 21, 1995 – February 16, 2009) was a male chimpanzee who was raised by and lived with Sandra Herold in Stamford, Connecticut.On February 16, 2009, he attacked and mauled Herold's friend, Charla Nash, blinding her, severing several body parts, and lacerating her face, before he was shot and killed by responding Officer Frank Chiafari.
[9] [10] Moe did not participate in the attack. [4] Buddy and Ollie attacked St. James simultaneously; one chimpanzee initially attacked his face, the other chimpanzee attacked his foot. [7] The sanctuary owner's son-in-law, Mark Carruthers, retrieved a .45 caliber revolver and shot Buddy in the head. Meanwhile, Ollie dragged St. James' body ...
A California couple who once made national news for surviving a brutal chimpanzee attack in 2005 faced yet another tragedy years later when a Myanmar businessman reportedly exploited their ...
Simon and Peggy needed to find much bigger accommodation for their beloved chimps and Jim promised to build a sanctuary in Dorset, England to re-home the chimpanzees. By 1987, Jim Cronin set up Monkey World and was able re-home the Templers' chimpanzees and given them all a permanent, safe home at Monkey World.
At least six public and private Facebook groups, the largest having 1,300 members, feature “extreme and graphic videos” videos, with members openly promoting them and commenting.
Goode and the filmmakers seem to delight in telling stories of notorious chimp attacks, revisiting the gruesome 2009 incident in which Connecticut chimp Travis mauled Charla Nash, a friend of his ...
Gary Brown, Melvin Mammah, two other Americans and a local guide are attacked by a massive escaped chimpanzee while visiting a chimpanzee sanctuary. The guide has his entire face eaten off and dies, while some of the others receive serious injuries. A European viper strikes tourist David Dunn in France, leaving his brother to get him to safety.
Among a slew of horrific accidents relate d to the ownership of a chimpanzee, Chimp Crazy highlighted a 2009 incident that saw a primate named Travis nearly fatally attack Charla Nash, a friend of ...