OT:Monkey Goes Ape-Shit!
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:53 amAt 200 pounds, that was one strong mother fucking trunk monkey! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8oPVVGYQ40
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_11717191
Chimp badly mauls woman in North Stamford, cops cap that ape!
STAMFORD - A woman whose 200-pound chimpanzee attacked her friend Monday afternoon tried to stop the attack by stabbing her pet primate with a butcher knife, police said. As police arrived to clear the way for emergency medical workers to treat the seriously injured friend, the chimp, Travis, revived and opened the door of the police cruiser.
The officer inside fired several shots, killing the chimp. Travis' owner, Sandra Herold, and two officers also were hurt, though the extent of their injuries wasn't clear.
Travis was known in Stamford for years because he rode around in trucks belonging to Herold's towing company, Desire Me Motors in Stamford.
The attack occurred outside Herold's home at 241 Rock Rimmon Road. The body of Travis, a pet chimpanzee, who attacked two women and was shot and killed by a Stamford Police Department officer, is under a sheet in the back of a Stamford Animal Control truck at the Herold residence on Rock Rimmon Road in Stamford, Conn. on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2009. The friend's name, age and hometown are not known. Her face was very badly mauled by the chimp, police said."She suffered a tremendous loss of blood," Capt. Richard Conklin said. Herold apparently called 911 when she went into the house to get the butcher knife, Conklin said.
After he was stabbed, Travis wandered around the yard, he said. When police arrived, Travis, who was known for liking police officers, tried to open the passenger door of the cruiser, smashing the side-view mirror. When he couldn't get it open, the chimp went around to the driver's-side door and opened it.
That is when the officer shot him several times. "He had no choice but to pull his pistol and fire several rounds," Conklin said of the officer. "The EMS personnel were reluctant to go in (to treat the injured woman) because there was an enraged chimpanzee on the loose." Herold's friend, Don Mecca of Port Chester, N.Y., said he was wary of the chimp.
"They're pretty calm ... but they will get you one way or the other" if they are angered, Mecca said.
Many Stamford residents know Travis for an incident in October 2003, when the chimp jumped out of an SUV in which he was riding with Herold and her late husband, Jerome. The incident occurred after a young man threw something at the SUV that went through a half-open window and struck Travis while they were stopped at a traffic light. Startled, Travis unbuckled his seat belt, opened the SUV door and went after the man, but did not catch him.
Travis then played at the busy Tresser Boulevard intersection for about two hours. Each time they lured him into the SUV, he got back out by opening the door before they could lock it. The same thing happened when they tried to get Travis into the back of a police cruiser. At one point the chimp chased officers around a police car parked on Tresser Boulevard. Police finally forced him back into the SUV.
It is not illegal to own an exotic pet in Connecticut, but a law requires new owners to have permits. The law was not retroactive and did not apply to the Herolds. As The Advocate has reported, the 15-year-old chimp was toilet trained, dressed himself, took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass. He brushed his teeth using a Water Pik, logged onto the computer to look at pictures, and watched television using the remote control.
When he was younger, Travis appeared on TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola, made an appearance on the "Maury Povich Show" and took part in a television pilot.
Through the Herolds' towing business, the chimp got to know several police officers. During the incident at the downtown intersection, Travis thought the officers who tried to contain him were playing, the owner said at the time.
Stamford police will hold a press conference at headquarters on Bedford Street at 8 p.m., they said.
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_11717191
Chimp badly mauls woman in North Stamford, cops cap that ape!
STAMFORD - A woman whose 200-pound chimpanzee attacked her friend Monday afternoon tried to stop the attack by stabbing her pet primate with a butcher knife, police said. As police arrived to clear the way for emergency medical workers to treat the seriously injured friend, the chimp, Travis, revived and opened the door of the police cruiser.
The officer inside fired several shots, killing the chimp. Travis' owner, Sandra Herold, and two officers also were hurt, though the extent of their injuries wasn't clear.
Travis was known in Stamford for years because he rode around in trucks belonging to Herold's towing company, Desire Me Motors in Stamford.
The attack occurred outside Herold's home at 241 Rock Rimmon Road. The body of Travis, a pet chimpanzee, who attacked two women and was shot and killed by a Stamford Police Department officer, is under a sheet in the back of a Stamford Animal Control truck at the Herold residence on Rock Rimmon Road in Stamford, Conn. on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2009. The friend's name, age and hometown are not known. Her face was very badly mauled by the chimp, police said."She suffered a tremendous loss of blood," Capt. Richard Conklin said. Herold apparently called 911 when she went into the house to get the butcher knife, Conklin said.
After he was stabbed, Travis wandered around the yard, he said. When police arrived, Travis, who was known for liking police officers, tried to open the passenger door of the cruiser, smashing the side-view mirror. When he couldn't get it open, the chimp went around to the driver's-side door and opened it.
That is when the officer shot him several times. "He had no choice but to pull his pistol and fire several rounds," Conklin said of the officer. "The EMS personnel were reluctant to go in (to treat the injured woman) because there was an enraged chimpanzee on the loose." Herold's friend, Don Mecca of Port Chester, N.Y., said he was wary of the chimp.
"They're pretty calm ... but they will get you one way or the other" if they are angered, Mecca said.
Many Stamford residents know Travis for an incident in October 2003, when the chimp jumped out of an SUV in which he was riding with Herold and her late husband, Jerome. The incident occurred after a young man threw something at the SUV that went through a half-open window and struck Travis while they were stopped at a traffic light. Startled, Travis unbuckled his seat belt, opened the SUV door and went after the man, but did not catch him.
Travis then played at the busy Tresser Boulevard intersection for about two hours. Each time they lured him into the SUV, he got back out by opening the door before they could lock it. The same thing happened when they tried to get Travis into the back of a police cruiser. At one point the chimp chased officers around a police car parked on Tresser Boulevard. Police finally forced him back into the SUV.
It is not illegal to own an exotic pet in Connecticut, but a law requires new owners to have permits. The law was not retroactive and did not apply to the Herolds. As The Advocate has reported, the 15-year-old chimp was toilet trained, dressed himself, took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass. He brushed his teeth using a Water Pik, logged onto the computer to look at pictures, and watched television using the remote control.
When he was younger, Travis appeared on TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola, made an appearance on the "Maury Povich Show" and took part in a television pilot.
Through the Herolds' towing business, the chimp got to know several police officers. During the incident at the downtown intersection, Travis thought the officers who tried to contain him were playing, the owner said at the time.
Stamford police will hold a press conference at headquarters on Bedford Street at 8 p.m., they said.
.. i guess not!!
.. they reported the details about her injury , i cant even type it out its so bad..
