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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.
A second chimpanzee was also loose. The two young chimpanzees involved in the attack were named Buddy and Ollie. [4] Two female chimpanzees named Susie and Bones also escaped from their cages during the attack; they were not involved in the assault on St. James and LaDonna and were recaptured five hours later.
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 ...
[186] [187] Another example of chimpanzees being aggressive toward humans occurred in 2009 in Stamford, Connecticut, when a 90-kilogram (200 lb), 13-year-old pet chimpanzee named Travis attacked his owner's friend, who lost her hands, eyes, nose, and part of her maxilla from the attack.
Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman who received a face transplant after a horrific attack by a friend's pet chimpanzee, had a minor setback last week when her body began to reject the transplant ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Primate attacks" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Sarah (chimpanzee) St. James Davis chimpanzee attack; T.
Buck, who weighed between 200 and 250 pounds, was shot at the keeper's request, authorities said. "You're going to have to do a head shot," Tamara Brogoitti told a 911 dispatcher.