Police: Pet chimpanzee attacks woman in Connecticut

<(cnn)-- a="" woman="" has="" been="" hospitalized="" with="" serious="" injuries="" to="" her="" face,="" neck="" and="" hands="" after="" a="" pet="" chimpanzee="" attacked="" her="" at="" a="" friend's="" home="" in="" stamford,="" connecticut.charla="" nash,="" 55,="" had="" just="" arrived="" at="" her="" friend="" sandra="" herold's="" house="" when="" the="" chimp,="" named="" travis,="" jumped="" on="" her="" and="" began="" biting="" and="" mauling="" her,="" according="" to="" stamford="" police="" capt.="" rich="" conklin,="" who="" said="" the="" attack="" was="" unprovoked.herold="" had="" called="" nash="" over="" to="" her="" house="" to="" help="" get="" travis="" back="" inside="" after="" he="" used="" a="" key="" to="" free="" himself="" from="" the="" house.after="" the="" attack,="" herold="" was="" unable="" to="" pull="" the="" primate="" off="" her="" friend.="" she="" then="" called="" 911="" before="" grabbing="" a="" butcher="" knife="" and="" stabbing="" the="" chimp,="" who="" police="" said="" was="" like="" a="" child="" to="" her.stamford="" police="" shot="" the="" chimp="" multiple="" times="" when="" he="" ripped="" off="" a="" side="" mirror="" and="" tried="" to="" enter="" a="" police="" cruiser,="" conklin="" said.="" travis="" returned="" to="" the="" house="" and="" died="" inside.conklin="" estimated="" travis="" to="" be="" in="" his="" 20s,="" weighing="" close="" to="" 200="" pounds.the="" police="" captain="" also="" said="" this="" isn't="" the="" first="" interaction="" his="" officers="" have="" had="" with="" travis="" mdash;="" the="" chimp="" escaped="" in="" 2003="" and="" quot;wreaked="" havocquot;="" on="" the="" streets="" of="" stamford="" for="" a="" couple="" of="" hours.in="" 2005,="" a="" different="" chimp="" escaped="" from="" california's="" animal="" haven="" ranch="" and="" chewed="" off="" a="" man's="" nose="" and="" genitals.during="" an="" interview="" after="" that="" attack,="" wildlife="" expert="" jeff="" corwin="" told="" cnn's="" anderson="" cooper="" that="" chimpanzees="" are="" quot;absolutely="" powerful.quot;quot;it's="" often="" said="" that="" an="" adult="" chimpanzee="" weighing="" in="" at="" 150="" pounds="" is="" three="" to="" seven="" times="" stronger="" than="" a="" human="" being,quot;="" corwin="" said.quot;the="" thing="" about="" chimpanzees="" is,="" we="" sort="" of="" look="" at="" them="" through="" our="" rose-colored="" cultural="" glasses="" of="" the="" cute="" little="" chimp="" in="" the="" 'tarzan'="" movie.="" those="" are="" very="" young="" chimps.="" chimps="" grow="" up,="" they="" become="" very="" powerful.="" they="" are="" very="" complex="" in="" their="" behavior.="" they="" have="" a="" whole="" range="" of="" emotions,="" including="" violence="" and="" anger.quot;/="">