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The sad tale of Travis the chimp gripped the nation when the former animal actor was shot dead by police after critically injuring a 55-year-old visitor to his Connecticut home. His devastated owner, Sandra Herold, was forced to attack Travis with a butcher knife and shovel when the 200-pound primate mauled her friend Charla Nash in her driveway on February 16, 2009.Connecticut police responding to a frantic 911 call said they set up a security cordon so medics could attend to Nash, but were forced to shoot when an agitated Travis tried to enter a patrol car occupied by one of the officers. Travis, bleeding heavily, reentered the house he shared with Herold and retreated to his living ...