![]() In humans, Xanax can cause memory loss, lack of coordination, reduced sex drive and other side effects. Police said the drug had not been prescribed for the 14-year-old chimp. Police said that Travis was agitated earlier Monday and that Herold had given him the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in some tea. He doesn’t look good,” he says, referring to Nash. “He ripped her apart! Shoot him, shoot him!”Īfter police arrive, one officer radios back: “There’s a man down. The dispatcher later asks, “Who’s killing your friend?” “The chimp killed my friend!” says a sobbing Herold, who was hiding in her vehicle. In recordings of calls to 911 dispatchers released Tuesday, Travis’ grunts can be heard as a frantic Herold cries that her pet is “eating” Nash and must be killed. A pet owner can be held criminally responsible if he or she knew or should have known that an animal was a danger to others. Police said they are looking into the possibility of criminal charges. Nash was in critical condition Tuesday with “life-changing, if not life-threatening,” injuries to her face and hands, Mayor Dannel Malloy said. Travis attacked 55-year-old Charla Nash as Sandra Herold frantically stabbed her beloved pet with a butcher knife and pounded him with a shovel. “At the end of the day, they are not human and you can’t always predict their behavior and how they or any other wild animal will respond when they feel threatened.” “It’s hard to say what exactly precipitated this behavior,” said Colleen McCann, a primatologist at the Bronx Zoo. Investigators are trying to figure out why - whether it was a bout of Lyme disease, a reaction to Xanax placed in his tea, or a case of instinct taking over. The 200-pound animal viciously mauled a friend of his owner before being shot to death by police. He brushed his teeth with a Water Pik, logged on to a computer to look at photos and channel-surfed television with the remote control.īut on Monday, the wild animal in him came out with a vengeance. He could eat at the table, drink wine from a stemmed glass, use the toilet, and dress and bathe himself. Its findings could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of people, military and civilian alike.Travis the chimpanzee, a veteran of TV commercials, was the constant companion of a lonely Connecticut widow who fed him steak, lobster and ice cream. When Nash began the experiment involving the suspension of anti-rejection drugs, in March 2015, doctors said it would eventually include other patients. The hand transplant failed when her body rejected the tissue. She received new facial features taken from a dead woman and also underwent a double hand transplant. Doctors also had to remove her eyes because of a disease transmitted by the chimp. Nash lost her nose, lips, eyelids and hands in 2009, when she was mauled by her employer’s 200lb pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Connecticut. ![]() I believe in the power of prayer and appreciate everyone who is praying for me.” “I’m just happy I had the chance to help,” Nash said. In war, the face and the extremities are the most frequently injured parts of the body. The Pentagon, which also paid for Nash’s transplant, has provided grants to 14 medical facilities across the US through its hand and face transplantation program. But doctors say that could change if the drugs do not have to be a lifelong commitment. Immunosuppression drugs that transplant patients are typically given for the rest of their lives carry such risks as cancer, viral infections and kidney damage.īecause of those dangers, many transplants of non-vital body parts, such as thumbs, are not considered worth doing. Nash’s doctors and the hospital, where Nash is expected to remain at least through the weekend, did not immediately return calls and emails. If that attempt was unsuccessful it was not immediately clear what the next step would be, Sindland said. Sindland said Nash told her doctors were hopeful they could reverse the rejection by ending the experiment and putting her back on her original medication. On Monday doctors did a biopsy and determined her body was rejecting the transplant, she said. ![]() Nash recently discovered several unusual patches on her face, Sindland said. The men and women serving our country are the true heroes.” “I gave it my all and know my participation in the study will still be beneficial,” Nash said in a statement to the Associated Press. The US military funded the experiment in the hopes the alternative treatment could help those needing transplants after returning from war. Nash’s publicist, Shelly Sindland, said doctors hope to reverse the rejection by ending the experiment.Īnti-rejection drugs can have serious side effects. Charla Nash had been taking part in an experiment in which doctors at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital tried to wean her off the anti-rejection drugs she had been taking since the 2011 operation. ![]()
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