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Owner of rampaging “Old Navy” chimp: “I had to stab him”
Sandra Herold in an interview that aired on the Today Show Wednesday, Feb. 18, said she had to stab her pet chimp Travis Monday.
The 200-pound animal viciously attacked 55-year-old Charla Nash in Stamford, Conn.
Herold said Travis was tearing Nash apart.
In the interview (see it below) she told how she whacked Travis with a shovel and stabbed him with butcher knife as he attacked Nash.
Herold said she gave the chimp the anti-anxiety drug Xanax shortly before the attack, but didn’t think that was a factor.
Read Associated Press article here.
Herold said she loved the chimpanzee and thought of him as a child.
Travis, who was killed by police, often lived a high life, dinning on lobster tail and filet mignon.
The veteran animal actor appeared in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola.
“I’ll miss him for the rest of my life,” Herold said in the Today Show interview.
What do you think? What would you do if your pet attacked someone?
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By April
February 18, 2009 4:25 PM | Link to this
Human life trumps animal life. If you have a wild animal you must be prepared at any time to face the consequences. You can’t coddle a wild animal and even a domesticated animal still has instincts. You can’t change their nature.By Joann
February 18, 2009 5:36 PM | Link to this
She was very brave in her actions and I am thankful that she saw her friends life as more valuable than her pet. It is crucial that we always protect life over our pets.