Travis, a 15-year old chimpanzee who once starred in TV commercials, got his ass shot up my the police after mauling a woman and injuring two police officers.
His owner Sandra Herold treated him like a son, but when family friend Charla Nash called at her home in Stamford, Connecticut, Travis suddenly went bananas. As Mrs Nash alighted from her car, the chimp pinned her to the floor and began mauling her face and hands. Unable to get the beast off her friend, Mrs Herold grabbed a knife and stabbed her pet several times.
Travis bolted into woodlands as police arrived but returned shortly, smashing a wing mirror of a police car, opening the door, and attacking the occupant. Not wanting to die by the hands of a chimp, the trapped officer drew his service revolver and shot the animal several times. Travis limped away to his playroom where he crawled back in his cage and died.
Mrs Nash is fighting for her life in hospital, and Mrs Herold is believed to have had a mild heart attack.
Read the full article at the Mail Online.