#Travis chimpanzee face skin#
"She hated living alone in a house where she faced constant reminders of the vibrant and happy life she once led with her family and friends. He ripped off her nose, lips, eyes, hands, and the skin from her face. "The past year was particularly difficult for Sandy," wrote Golger. Charla Nash was a 55 year-old Stamford, Connecticut resident and employee of Sandra. Nash, 56, was discharged from the Cleveland Clinic earlier this month where she had been treated since the attack and is now being evaluated by a team of physicians in Boston to determine if surgery can replace her nose, lips, eyes and fingers. Travis the Chimpanzee tore off his neighbors face and hands in a. Herold's 200-pound domesticated chimpanzee Travis mauled Nash in February 2009, leaving her clinging to life. However, she was left with broken bones in her face, with Travis having torn her eyelids, nose, jaw, lips and most of her scalp. In spite of Herolds fears in the phone call, Nash thankfully did not die in the attack. Travis's attack on Nash seems to mirror the. Officer Frank Chiafari opened fire and shot Travis multiple times, after which the chimpanzee returned to his cage, where he died. which required a face transplant in 2011.
#Travis chimpanzee face series#
Herold had suffered a series of heartbreaking losses over the last several years, beginning with the death of her only child, then her husband, then her beloved chimp Travis, as well as the tragic maiming of friend and employee Charla Nash," wrote Golger. Sandra and Jerome Herold adopted a baby chimpanzee, Travis, in 1995 and raised him as if he were a child. Herold, who was 72, died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm, according to a statement released by her lawyer Robert Golger. — - Sandra Herold, the Connecticut woman whose chimp named Travis went on a violent rampage and ripped off the face of Charla Nash, has died.
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