chimp attack

[Gatorubet]

Pet 200-pound chimp killed by officers after it attacks woman in Connecticut home

Rampaging chimp was given Xanax for anxiety

HARTFORD, Conn. - A 200-pound domesticated chimpanzee who once starred in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola was shot dead by police after a violent rampage that left a friend of its owner badly mauled.

Shortly before the attack, the animal was given the anti-anxiety drug Xanax because it had been agitated, the police said.

Sandra Herold, who owned the 15-year-old chimp named Travis, wrestled with the animal after it inexplicably attacked her friend Charla Nash, 55.


Nash had gone to Herold's home in Stamford on Monday to help her coax the chimp back into the house after he got out, police said. After the animal lunged at Nash when she got out of her car, Herold ran inside to call 911 and returned armed.


"She retrieved a large butcher knife and stabbed her longtime pet numerous times in an effort to save her friend, who was really being brutally attacked," said Stamford police Capt. Richard Conklin.


After the initial attack, Travis ran away and started roaming Herold's property until police arrived, setting up security so medics could reach the critically injured woman, Conklin said.


But the chimpanzee returned and went after several of the officers, who retreated into their cars, Conklin said. Travis knocked the mirror off a cruiser before opening its door and starting to get in, trapping the officer.


That officer shot the chimpanzee several times, Conklin said.



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So - did Zook offer?

 

[scooter1369]

So - did Zook offer?

The Chimp's SAT was too high for Illinois

 

[FrancisSoyer]

YouTube - Lighten Up Francis

I can't. I hate 'em!

 

[Gatorubet]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwIOEN6XamA]YouTube - Bedtime For Bonzo - Original Trailer 1951[/ame]

It takes a real man to handle an ape...

 

[BUCKYLE]

Shortly before the attack, the animal was given the anti-anxiety drug Xanax because it had been agitated, the police said.

So it was a monkey junkie?

But the chimpanzee returned and went after several of the officers, who retreated into their cars, Conklin said. Travis knocked the mirror off a cruiser before opening its door and starting to get in, trapping the officer.

Why the fuck didn't he lock the door?

so if you see some hairy shit throwing mammal in your backyard, it's probably just a michigan cheerleader. so don't shoot it, just give it some snack cakes.

Shoot the beast!

Columbus Zoo has Bonobos. Still be wary

I don't like the way it's looking at me.

 

[gost8]

i have no sympathy for anyone that owns a wild animal as a pet, then the animal subsequently turns on them. and really, don't show the monkey which key unlocks the door. just be happy that none of the chimps in these stories were trained by this guy.

YouTube - Charley The Karate Monkey

Monkey that knows karate.......................... named Charley............ nickname for Charley............................... Chuck........................... Other notable people named Chuck that know karate..................................... Norris................ I am officially afraid.

 

[BuckBackHome]

Three pages in and not a single reference to spanking. I must have stumbled on an alternate BP site.

 

[DaytonBuck]

So - did Zook offer?

We're still trying to determine if this is an actual monkey or Greg "The Chimp" Schiano

 

[ulukinatme]

Believe it or not, this story gets WORSE. I can only assume that this story is the same one that was just on Bob and Tom this morning. The woman that owned the pet was a widow who lived with the chimp. She fed him filet mignon, he drank out of a stemmed wine glass, could use the toilet and open doors....and she slept with him. I kid you not, unless I was completely asleep at the wheel this morning, the woman was sleeping with this chimp. There was a disturbing call she placed to 911 about the situation, they aired part of it but I guess there was more, they woulnd't play the rest of it.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

here's the chimp right before the attack... you can see him getting annoyed...

 

[Folanator]

Should have sent in Chuck Heston. He'd known how to deal with it....

 

[FrancisSoyer]

Believe it or not, this story gets WORSE. I can only assume that this story is the same one that was just on Bob and Tom this morning. The woman that owned the pet was a widow who lived with the chimp. She fed him filet mignon, he drank out of a stemmed wine glass, could use the toilet and open doors....and she slept with him. I kid you not, unless I was completely asleep at the wheel this morning, the woman was sleeping with this chimp. There was a disturbing call she placed to 911 about the situation, they aired part of it but I guess there was more, they woulnd't play the rest of it.

All true from what I've heard. I used to laugh at people when they talked to their pets like they were humans. When I got my first dog I often found myself doing it. But this is so far over the line I can't process it. A chimp eating lobster, steak, wine(!), etc. Like it makes a difference to an animal that eats its own [censored]. I'm sure this lady feels horrible about what happened to her friend but all the warning signs were there. It had rampaged through the streets a few years earlier. No excuse for this. By the way her friend did lose both hands in the attack :(

 

[DaytonBuck]

How did BJ survive filming of this show?

 

[tsteele316]

when asked, clint eastwood says such incidents is why he only works with orangutans.

 

[BigWoof31]

Dude got his nuts and foot ripped off by chimps. No word on the damage that Saint James inflicted on the monkeys. I gotta believe a dude would put some serious hurt on those F'ers while trying to fend them off. No way I lose nuts without ripping something off the attackers.

Clearly the monkey was enraged by his lack of full beard.