Don Mecca, a family friend from Colchester, N.Y., said Herold fed the chimp steak, lobster, ice cream and Italian food.Ĭolleen McCann, a primatologist at the Bronx Zoo, said chimpanzees are unpredictable and dangerous even after living among humans for years.
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Travis appeared in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola when he was younger, and at home he was treated like a member of the family. "It's a horrible thing, but I'm not a horrible person and he's not a horrible chimp." she said. She said Travis "couldn't have been more my son than if I gave birth to him." She rejected criticism that chimpanzees are inappropriate pets. "Clearly, some kind of permission was necessary for this animal to be at that residence."Īuthorities are trying to determine why the chimp, a veteran of TV commercials who could dress himself, drink wine from a glass and use the toilet, suddenly attacked. "This animal probably was illegally kept, so far as that statute is concerned," Blumenthal said. There are rules requiring large primates to be registered by the state, but officials have some discretion in enforcing them and violations carry only minor penalties, he said. Stamford police have said they are looking into the possibility of criminal charges.Ī pet owner can be held criminally responsible if he or she knew or should have known that an animal was a danger to others.Īttorney General Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday that a defect in Connecticut's laws allowed Herold to keep the chimp in her home, probably illegally. "Xanax could have made him worse," if human studies are any indication, Coccaro said.
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