It is also illegal to privately breed any species of ape within the state.Įrika Fleury, a program director at the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance, said the attack was not unexpected. The state banned the private ownership of apes in 2010, but "certain individuals" were allowed to keep existing primate pets, as long as they held an Oregon Department of Agriculture exotic animal permit, according to Michigan State University. In Oregon, owning chimpanzees, gorillas and other primates was banned more than a decade ago over health and safety concerns. The bullet went through the animal's head, killing it. Moments later, he confirmed the kill to other officers and said: "He's down." The deputy then requested an ambulance for the woman who had been injured.īodycam footage showed the moment a deputy in Oregon opened fire on a chimpanzee. After asking whether the woman was safe, the deputy once again put the rifle through the fence, before firing a single shot. While holding his rifle through wire fencing, pulled his rifle away when he heard a woman nearby. The deputy could be heard saying: "I'm going to try and get in for a shot." Police video, seen above, showed the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office deputy entering through a gate at the home while carrying a rifle, before taking aim at the animal.ĭuring the clip, the primate could be heard screeching from somewhere near the house. The deputy arrived at the home in Pendleton, Oregon, on Sunday after reports the chimpanzee had attacked the 50-year-old woman. I don't know what my future is, that's the scary part.Bodycam footage captured the moment a sheriff's deputy fatally shoot a chimpanzee in the head after the animal, which was being kept as a pet, escaped its cage and attacked its owner's daughter. “Sometimes you want to cry, you want out, you want some kind of home. I could change my own truck tyre, and now I can’t even feed myself. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot I can do. The only survivor of that hideous day is Charla Nash, who now lives in darkness, wearing someone else's face and entirely dependent on the staff at the care home where she will spend the rest of her days.Īhead of the face transplant she spoke to Oprah Winfrey, and rued the loss of the life she loved.
One was her daughter's, the other belonged to Travis. It was a freak thing.”Ĭharla Nash had a face transplant after Travis ripped off her featuresįifteen months later Sandy died from an aneurysm. How many people go crazy and kill other people? This is one incident that I don't know what happened. “We can give them a blood transfusion, and they can give us one. She replied: “Would I have done it again? Yes! They're the closest thing to humans - to us. Sadly, a pioneering hand transplant was rejected by her body.Īfter the incident, NBC reporter Jeff Rossen asked Sandra: “After what you've been through with this - your friend is in the hospital fighting for her life - do you still think chimps should be pets?" The brutal attack had caused her to lose half of her blood and she would later undergo a face transplant. They sprung into action, and managed to save her life. They assumed that Charla, who was a mass of bloodied flesh with no recognisable facial features slumped in a pool of her own blood, was dead - until she moved. Like something from a horror film, "strips of flesh and scalp" had been flung around the yard of Sandra's Stamford, Connecticut, home. When paramedics arrived on the scene they were unable to decipher the victim's gender due to the severity of the wounds.Ĭharla hides her injuries - but she has never seen her reflection after the attack (Image: ©Five) The gunshots are heard in the background of Sandra's breathless 911 call. He ran back in to the house, and collapsed dead on his special bed, leaving a trail of blood behind him. He opened one of their patrol car's doors and lunged at an officer.ĭespite being shot four times at point blank range Travis didn't die. When police arrived, Travis was in a frenzy of bloodlust. "He looked at me like, ‘Mom, what did you do?’” It wasn't working, so I went and I had to get a knife - and I stabbed him. Sandra said: “I grabbed the shovel and hit him with the shovel to stop it. She recalled how he turned around and looked at her, before she ran for her life and locked herself in her car. Grisly injuries of man mutilated and killed by pet hippo he swam with and rode like horse.Death Row's most dangerous inmates and vile crimes - including prolific 'Scorecard Killer'.Sandy Herold, the owner and 'mom' of Travis the chimp (Image: NY Daily News via Getty Images) Read More Related Articles
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