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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.
The chimpanzee is tailless; its coat is dark; its face, fingers, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet are hairless. The exposed skin of the face, hands, and feet varies from pink to very dark in both species, but is generally lighter in younger individuals and darkens with maturity.
The chimpanzee and the bonobo are the only species in the genus Pan. Evidence from fossils and DNA sequencing shows that Pan is a sister taxon to the human lineage and is thus humans' closest living relative. The chimpanzee is covered in coarse black hair but has a bare face, fingers, toes, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet.
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 ...
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 ...
Zoo visitors at Chester Zoo in northern England recently got a shocking surprise: They watched a chimpanzee give birth to a rare baby.. The baby’s mom, Alice, gave birth to the newborn Dec. 29 ...
A side story reveals that Sandra Herald, the owner of Travis, sought to purchase a baby chimpanzee to console herself in the wake of Travis's death. Tonka, upon transferring to Save the Chimps, regains mental and physical health after a 60-day quarantine. He receives a healthy diet, sunshine, and makes new chimp friends.
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 ...