![]() ![]() Travis did not want to return to the car and the police was called. The chimpanzee then removed his seat belt and got out chasing the man who had thrown the object. Fortunately, however, he did not reach him. The attack against Charla Nash happened in 2009, but already in 2003 another minor accident had taken place. While Travis was in the car with Jerome, the car stopped at a traffic light, a passer by threw something that hit Jerome’s car. The window on Travis’side was slightly lowered and the object hit him, startling him. However after Jerome died of cancer in 2004 and after their son died in a car accident, Sandra saw Travis almost like a child, sleeping and bathing with him. They allowed him to drink wine, and on occasion they made him drive the car. As though he was sociable, his masters shouldn’t have forgotten that Travis was still a wild animal. He was also fond of ice cream, so much so to learn when the ice cream truck would come by. He could log on the computer to see photos, he watched television and used the remote control and brushed his teeth.īut perhaps his masters exaggerated when considering him a family member, and perhaps thought that Travis was a person. Travis was very clever: he could open doors, use keys, get dresses, water the plants, feed the horses of Jerome and Sandra, eat at the table with the family. Having grown up among humans, Travis was very sociable and many neighbors remember how he played with them and how he used to obey Jerome and Sandra. ![]() The chimpanzee became famous by even taking part in some commercials for brands such as Coca-Cola. Jerome had a company of trailers and Travis often accompanied him to work, sitting next to him on the truck with the seat belt fastened, and wearing a T-shirt. Travis also accompanied the couple to shops and was well known in the city. Travis was born on Octoin the state of Missouri in what is now known as “the chimpanzee sanctuary of Missouri.” Sandra and Jerome Herold adopted Travis when he was only three days old.įrom that moment they began to treat him as a family member. Travis was a chimpanzee involved in an attack on a woman, Charla Nash, who suffered serious injuries to her face, which was completely disfigured. ![]()
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