Travis (chimpanzee)

A report from the Associated Press says officials at the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection were warned numerous times more than three years ago about the potential dangers of that chimpanzee, who attacked and seriously injured a local...

Vito Colucci Jr.'s Stamford office is littered with snapshots of celebrities. On his desk is a framed picture of him and convicted murderer Michael Skakel. On his entertainment unit lies a shot of him and boxer Evander Holyfield. And then there's the...

Stone walls line the roads of this city's historic Scofieldtown section, a picturesque community with spacious homes and sprawling yards. A "No Trespassing" sign on a decorative iron gate at the front of a long wooded driveway stops the florist from...

STAMFORD, C.T. (WPIX) -- Police have released the 911 call of Sandra Herold's terrifying call to police Monday night when her pet chimp, Travis, attacked a visitor in her home. The 15-year old chimp can be heard screaming in the background as Herold...

           A ban on primates is the only way Connecticut can possibly prevent another person from being mauled by a chimpanzee, said Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. His comments came during a news conference on Wednesday. Blumenthal has started...

   There's a lot of speculation over what caused "Travis" the chimp to go crazy and attack Charla Nash Monday night in Stamford.  A necropsy on the chimpanzee should validate conflicting reports that the animal was on psychiatric medications or that it...

STAMFORD, C.T. (WPIX) -- A 55-year-old woman is in critical condition with serious facial injuries after police say she was attacked by a nearly 200-pound chimpanzee Monday afternoon. Sources tell PIX News that the woman was a guest at the Fairfield...

NEW HAVEN, CT (WPIX) --  The mother of the 200-pound chimpanzee who snapped and mauled a woman leaving her severely disfigured, apparently also met the same fate as her beloved son. Travis' mom, Suzy, was shot to death in April 2001 by an 18-year-old...

It will likely take two years and numerous surgeries to reconstruct the face of Charla Nash, the Stamford woman who lost both hands and parts of her face during a savage chimpanzee attack this year. It could also take a year for Nash, 55, to make a...

Distraught and angry, Sandra Herold railed against the news media Friday over its portrayal of her relationship with her pet chimpanzee, Travis. "Did I love him? Did I bathe with him? Did I sleep with him?" said an angry Herold. "I bathed with him when...

A judge agreed to freeze at least $10 million worth of assets belonging to the owner of a chimpanzee who savagely attacked a woman in February. Charla Nash remains in critical but stable condition at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where she was taken...

A deranged Chimpanzee that severely mauled a Connecticut woman had the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in its system, according to toxicology tests performed by investigators. Authorities, however, are hesitant in saying whether or not the drug played a role in...