Chimp attacks woman, rips off hands and face (28 days later?)

[Nenghis]

[url]http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2009/02/19/1234632928597.html[/url]

[QUOTE]STAMFORD, Connecticut - The frantic owner of a 90kg chimpanzee that went berserk in Connecticut pleaded with police over the phone to help her stop the animal from mauling her friend, begging them to "Hurry, please! He ripped her face off."

Police in Stamford released tapes of Sandra Herold's desperate call to police on Monday as her 15-year-old chimp, Travis, was attacking 55-year-old Charla Nash.

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The chimp can be heard grunting at times on the tape, as Herold cries, "He's killing my friend!"

The dispatcher says, "Who's killing your friend?"

Herold replies, "My chimpanzee! He ripped her apart! Shoot him, shoot him!"

After police arrive, one officer radios back: "There's a man down. He doesn't look good," he says, referring to the disfigured Nash. "We've got to get this guy out of here. He's got no face."

The chimp attacked Nash as Herold, 70, frantically stabbed her beloved pet with a butcher knife and pounded him with a shovel.

"He looked at me like, 'Mom, what did you do?"' Herold told NBC's Today Show in an interview aired on Wednesday. "It was horrific what happened and I had to do what I had to do, but still, I'll miss him for the rest of my life."

Nash remained was in critical condition early on Wednesday with major injuries to her face and hands.

Police said they are looking into the possibility of criminal charges. A pet owner can be held criminally responsible if he or she knew or should have known that an animal was a danger to others.

Police said that the chimp was agitated earlier on Monday and that Herold had given him the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in some tea. Police said the drug had not been prescribed for the 14-year-old chimp.

In humans, Xanax can cause memory loss, lack of coordination, reduced sex drive and other side effects. It can also lead to aggression in people who were unstable to begin with, said Dr Emil Coccaro, chief of psychiatry at the University of Chicago Medical Centre.

"Xanax could have made him worse," if human studies are any indication, Coccaro said.

Investigators said they were also told that Travis had Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness with flu-like symptoms that can lead to arthritis and meningitis in humans.

"Maybe from the medications he was out of sorts," Stamford police Captain Richard Conklin said.[/QUOTE]

I remembered this when I saw the other "28 days later"-ish thread... This is much closer to 28 days later.
Poor woman.

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[Neckbeard]

[quote]John Christoffersen | February 19, 2009 - 5:20AM[/quote]

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[-Matt-94]

I feel bad for the monkey. It's like having to stab your dog or something. :(