This Lady needs help!

[Fisherman_Wantabe]

Chimp in Conn. attack had unusual bond with owner

Feb 19, 8:30 PM (ET)

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Travis the chimpanzee's relationship with his owner, a lonely widow, was closer than those of some married couples. She gave him the finest food, and wine in long-stemmed glasses. They took baths together and cuddled in the bed they shared. Travis brushed Herold's hair each night and pined for her when she was away. If she left the house alone, Travis would give her a kiss. "If I left with someone Travis would get upset," Herold said Wednesday.

Experts say the unusually human relationship would have been confusing for any animal. It may have also played a role in Travis' savage attack Monday on Herold's friend, 55-year-old Charla Nash of Stamford.

"This is a crazy relationship," said Stephen Rene Tello, executive director of Primarily Primates, a sanctuary for chimps in Texas. "He was probably very bonded with her. I can kind of see it in his eyes this is his surrogate mother."

And chimps like 14-year-old Travis, who was shot and killed by police, protect their mates and turf.


(AP) Sandra Herold, owner of Travis the chimpanzee, speaks to reporters in Stamford, Conn. on Wednesday,...
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"If there is another person entering his space, he might consider it a threat to his territory, or even his mate," Tello said.

[beenfishin?]

Help ain't the word I would use, but, yep, she is definately not right in the head.

[DENNIS BOWERS]

Not The Sharpest Crayon In The Box,Was She???

[limbhook]

So now will this woman sue the police for killing her chimp, even though it deserved to be killed.

[CrappiePappy]

So now will this woman sue the police for killing her chimp, even though it deserved to be killed.

... if you see the news reports on this, you get to hear her 911 call ... frantically pleading for the 911 dispatcher to send the Police to shoot the chimp. She even stabbed the chimp, herself, in an effort to try and stop it from attacking her friend.

... cp