Woman Attacked By Chimpanzee Considers Suit Against State
Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman who was viciously attacked and injured by her friend and neighbor Sandra Herold’s pet chimpanzee, is now considering filing suit against the state of Connecticut and the city of Stamford for allowing the Herolds to keep the chimpanzee in the home. Nash’s recently filed a lawsuit against Herold for $50 million in damages. However, upon further analysis Nash feels that the state and local agencies responsible for monitoring “pets” within the community may have been to lax when it came to “Travis,” the chimp who attacked Ms. Nash.
Travis lived with his owner, Sandra Herold, and was well known around town starring in several commercials. After Travis attacked Nash, he wandered free for several hours before ultimately turning his attention on the responding police officers. The officers responding to the scene were forced to retreat to their vehicles. When Travis attempted to gain access to one of the vehicles an officer shot the chimp to protect himself.
Herold had raised Travis since he was a baby and she claimed he was a well trained chimpanzee. Herold claims Travis was toilet trained, ate at the table, dressed himself, logged onto the computer and watched television.
