Why are Monkey Owners So Stupid?

Monkey owners usually end up in stories like this. A Connecticut woman who raised a chimp from a baby ignored how powerful the animal had become and allowed it to injure a friend and be shot to death by cops.

From the NY Post here:

The Connecticut woman viciously mauled by a 200-pound chimp remained in critical condition this morning and faces “life-changing, if not life-threatening” injuries to her face and hands. The chimpanzee named Travis was shot dead by police in Stamford after the violent rampage Monday left a friend of its owner badly injured.

Sandra Herold, who owned the 15-year-old chimp, wrestled with the animal after it inexplicably attacked her friend, Charla Nash, 55.

Nash had gone to Herold’s home to help her coax the chimp back into the house after he got out, authorities said.

After the animal – who had appeared in TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola when he was younger – lunged at Nash when she got out of her car, Herold ran inside to call 911 and returned armed. She retrieved a large butcher knife and stabbed her longtime pet numerous times in an effort to save her friend, who was really being brutally attacked.

Nash remains in critical condition after suffering what Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy called “life-changing, if not life-threatening,” injuries to her face and hands.

After the 3:30 p.m. attack, Travis ran away and started roaming Herold’s property until police arrived – setting up security so medics could reach the critically injured woman. But the chimpanzee returned and went after several of the officers, who retreated into their cars.

Travis knocked the mirror off a cruiser before opening its door and starting to get in, trapping the cop.

That officer shot the chimpanzee several times. The wounded chimpanzee fled the scene, but Conklin said police were able to follow the trail of his blood down a driveway, into the open door of the home, through the house and to his living quarters, where he had retreated and died of his wounds.

Ripped off her face and hands, dude. How adorable.