I don’t know that chimps raised by people can be released into the wild, I’ll however assume that you meant he should never have been a pet and agree with you on that point.
@@BeijingNoodlethey can send him to a location like chimp rescues. They rehab a serious level of cases: lab-tested chimps, ex-pet, etc. The moment he was getting bigger should have been her “wake-up” call. But some ppl are stupid. Wow.
@@dont_harsh_my_mellow I had no idea that there were rehabs for chimps, that actually really neat. I knew there were some sanctuaries that let them lead fuller lives with other chimps but I didn’t realize there was a way to help them towards living in the wild.
I can’t imagine how terrifying it is to have bones broken, laying on the ground bleeding out, and having your friend and a police officer say you’re already dead when you’re still in absolute agony.
@@sailormoon2227 I’m very glad she doesn’t remember the attack. I can only hope her body was in enough shock that she didn’t feel all the pain while it was happening
@@godisdead7802 Not to defend it, but if someone got torn to shreds by a chimp, they probably don’t look super pleasant afterwards. I don’t blame him for not trying to get too close, even though it was his job.
Chimps absolutely terrify me and this is why. Sandra absolutely should have been criminally charged and the exotic pet trade needs to end. This is so heartbreaking for Charla, and everyone involved. Thank you for bringing this to light.
Crazy things like chimps, tigers, etc need to end. “Exotic pet” label includes parakeets, hamsters, rabbits, snakes and many more acceptable household pets. Those pets are fine to keep, chimps and lions are not.
No, it doesn't need to end. Maybe some added regulation, but this is still America. Nice to see you checked off various boxes on the unaware Karen checklist by calling for both criminal charges and the ending of an entire industry 😂
I hate how she said “he shouldn’t have been out of his cage”; it just reinforces that she believes they should be caged their whole lives like they’re in prison… the conditions they were kept in is horrendous; especially with the terrifyingly loud dogs
Sandra is unbelievably irresponsible, the way she talks about Travis shows she has no understanding of the power and needs of that animal. And Charla, surviving what she did was incredible, especially when Travis never should have been a "pet" to begin with. Amazing video as always!
She never got over her daughter's death. It's really fucked up. She needed psychological help. Her husband begged her to give Travis up, but she ignored hi.
Bet he forgets to put in The adam lanza (yes, that adam lanza) radio call in to the anarchist flow/tjk aligned station clip really interesting stuff/id wish to see better coverage of this event lol instead of the same old rehashing an' adams take was pretty cool/im starting to see where the conspiracy theories come from
why do people still think that if you’re nice enough to a wild animal they will stop being wild? the exotic animal trade is so insane to me. there needs to me more strict regulation around it for sure
I mean is this very different to how people act like their dogs are their children or ascribe human emotions and intentions on them? It’s a way a person has a connection on basically a deeper level to a different species but delusionally lol.
the xanax and lyme disease meds definately didnt help. only experts in zoology should be around wild animals and supervising their care. thats why this is so messed up, its sorta like drugging up a toddler thats as strong as 10 men.
Yeah I get that 911 responders have to be calm and rational at all times, but that guy was a bit too blasé in comparison to the audible panic in the caller's voice.
Its insane to me that people keep these animals as pets when they see the damage they can do. A girl I went to elementary with and her family were very well known in our area for having exotic animals that no one could get. They had a chimp and brought it to the school gym and had a small assembly when we were in 2nd grade. This wasn't a huge gym either. It doubled as the cafeteria and just had a small stage on one side of the tiled floor room. I think about that all the time they just let this 2nd grade girl and her dad bring in a chimp to a bunch of wild 2nd graders. The chimp wasn't caged just in this girls lap or with her dad. If that chimp had gotten triggered by some crazy kid being a kid it would have been a massacre. Exotic animal laws were wayy too lax back in the day here in oklahoma. Lol.
@@KarlaHollandIt's the only thing Oklahoma is going to be known. What they don't say is it's everywhere but Oklahomans know how to bribe better and the cops are okay as long as their silence is paid.
I know this isn't the point, but it was a little unsettling to me that when told thar chimps shouldn't be pets she responded by saying how similar to humans they are. I'm sure it's not what she meant, but the idea that she wants something that she considers to be so similar to a human as a pet really bothered me
When she said that, I immediately thought "... Maybe she was molesting that chimp" and then the video went on to talk about the sexual abuse rumors that people around town would talk about. Needless to say, I'm sure she made Travis into her stand-in husband after her real husband's death 🤢🤮 That quote is hella suspicious!
While it totally could have been the drugs or change of appearance, chimpanzees become incredibly dangerous once they hit puberty. The vast majority of chimpanzee "actors" are young and then shipped off once they hit puberty. The opening scenes showing all those chimps in a cage were ones abandoned once they became dangerous. This is behavior that happens in the wild also, chimps can be incredibly brutal to other animals and to each other. They should not be pets, actors, anything and I cringe every time I see them in movies or TV. Leave them in the wild where they belong.
the only apes with anything like an amicable behavior is orangutans (and they shouldn't be kept as pets or entertainment either, it's just that they've shown willingness to help humans even in the wild). Even the intimidating-looking males have a lot of chill for being grown adult males. (A good cue to know how threatening an animal is is to see how they handle young that aren't their own; if the females don't let the babies near the males there's an obvious reason.)
Charla looks and sounds absolutely amazing! I can’t fathom how she was able to get that kind of recovery; she’s obviously got an iron will and fortitude coming out of her every pore!
@@TransDrummer1312 And? 🤷🏻♀️ It’s not like she was stealing the money for completely unnecessary and purely cosmetic surgeries from the hands of starving, Dickensian orphans with big eyes and outstretched hands. FFS the woman had her face eaten off by an exotic animal because this total nincompoop didn’t have two brain cells to rub together and decided that her desire to own a chimpanzee outweighed both her friend’s safety and the rights of her community members to live in a normal neighborhood free from the fear of being assaulted by a chimpanzee.
@@TransDrummer1312 Money that she's in debt for, hence the lawsuits. I don't know what your comment is trying to get at, but the quality of her facial reconstruction is 100% thanks to the skill of her surgeons.
Sweetie, she and her personality had nothing to do with it. Medicine will make you live whether you want it or not. I haven't gotten far into this but I can tell Charla is blind and her left hand is gone. What are you on about? Don't paint this as some feel good story. This is tragic and disgusting.
It is Sandra's fault that Travis died. All of this could have been avoided if she put him first, sent him somewhere where he could have received proper care and be a proper male chimp
sometimes it's hard to tell how large an animal is from a description, but that picture of travis standing by the car is INSANE. he is MASSIVE! he never should have been a pet. i hope charla is able to ride a horse again
I actually remember seeing this on the news when I was younger and remember it scaring me so badly. Honestly I think that's where my fear of apes and monkeys come from. They are so intelligent but so powerful and that combination terrifies me. I did not know that the victim, Charla, survived. I cannot imagine the trauma she has endured since that day, that poor women. People owning exotic pets just angers me so much. They are NOT domesticated, and there is always ALWAYS the risk that they will not behave as you wish and hurt someone or something. These animals also don't deserve to live in small prisons their entire lives. The parents treating these intelligent animals as humans are disgusting. Shame on these people who put their desires over the safety of not only others but the animal itself.
It’s like big cats really. Our normal domestic cats are popular pets because of their size. The thing is, my three cats-particularly the lively one-can accidentally scratch me. I can’t imagine how much such accidents would injure me if she were the the size of a tiger.
@@mikoto7693I often wonder about “accidental” injuries from these exotic pets. Of course they are not domesticated and therefore dangerous and unpredictable by nature to begin with, but my domestic dog has knocked people down/scratched them through pure clumsiness, or nipped accidentally when playing tug or getting too excited playing etc. The only virtue is that she IS domestic, and can be verbally commanded and physically restrained by an alert human before serious harm. A pet chimpanzee, or tiger, or wolf, what happens when they roughhouse too roughly? Perhaps never even intending to draw blood? But kill or maim anyway by sheer force? Just another reason these animals are not pets!
Charla is such a strong woman. She could easily resent or fear wild animals but instead has become an advocate to free them from captivity. I respect her so much and props to the military for giving her the surgery. Wild animals should never be held in captivity. And Travis is a victim of Sandra's cruelty.
All the warning signs were there. Travis' first public outburst, her husband's last request to give Travis away and even the animal expert's clear and concise warning that Travis has reached sexual maturity and that Sandra was utterly powerless to stop him should he go berserk from the isolation and lack of mates,which eventually came true. Sandra ignored all the warnings because in the midst of her mourning and loneliness she was too selfish to see the harm her "love" for Travis was causing him as she kept using him to cope with her own grief. Taking him away from his mother and keeping him locked up, that's not love; it's possessiveness. In the end both her friend and Travis paid the price for her selfishness.
So sad that they were best friends, now she has to live with all these health complications. She couldn’t even see her daughter graduate. 100% was the owners fault. chimps are not pets, they wild animals who deserve to be free in the wild. not used as replacement children sad ordeal all the way around. 😢
Xanax rage is very real and can be very scary. You get irrationally angry at the smallest things. With how similar chimps and humans are, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was a Xanax rage. The only things that makes me doubt it is that they say it happened within 5 minutes of giving him the tea, and Xanax doesn't work that fast. UNLESS that wasn't the first time she had given it to him that day. Also would like to add that Xanax rage doesn't usually happen when you actually need it and are taking a therapeutic dose.
Sandra lied about how long ago she gave Travis the tea, her story changed multiple times and she'd been giving him the medication on prescription from a doctor in her town. it's just really sad
If a medication is dissolved in something like a liquid, that can change how quickly it's absorbed into the body. You basically skip all the steps of your body dissolving the capsule in the stomach.
Great analysis. To further your point, I've had anger and emotional outbursts from Xanax that you're describing. Correct, taking Xanax cannot produce such a reaction five minutes after taking it. However, from my experience, it was when I was off Xanax or "coming down," when I would feel my worst and prone to rage. Travis may have been somewhere in that realm, coupled with the fact that he's a wild animal, and attacked Charla. Also, prolonged use of Xanax is terrible. If someone is nervous to board a flight, then Xanax may be perfect for an occasional situation. But taken every day, you'd become suicidal and lose your mind. Case in point.
Just those last two paragraphs of that letter Sandra wrote about how her husband kissed like Travis, and the chimp being in her bed. You can’t convince me she wasn’t s**ualy interfering with that animal.
Imagine being tranquilized and then waking up to your baby missing. If it was a human mom, everyone would be behind her suing and such. But because it’s a chimp, nothing is done about it and no one knows about it until it’s too late 😢
When you really stop to think about it, the way Sandra obtained Travis is no different than knocking out a first time mom and snatching away her newborn baby.
She was abusing that poor creature, forcing him into a life he's not ment for and not properly meeting his needs. Imagine if someone kidnapped you as a baby from your parents and forced you to live as a pet dog, feeding you kibble and making you play with dog toys and keeping you as a leash... Sneaking MEDICATION into your food and drinks to keep you obedient... I'd be pissed too. The poor thing was probably confused and scared, and his instincts got the best of him.
Charla's an amazing person to still have compassion for the chimps, realising that it's their poor environment that leads to their accidents. Some people get annoyed by animals and decide to advocate for wiping them out. Also fuck the police for not checking to see if she's alive. Why weren't there paramedics on scene.
The most astounding part of this is that I've heard about this case many times, and yet I NEVER heard that Charla survived. I was under the impression that Travis had killed her and yet she lived and is an amazing woman and a true survivor.
This entire story is why I don’t like and have a huge fear of monkeys/chimpanzees. Will never trust of like them as silly as it sounds lol the people who take wild animals like this and try to make them domesticated pets are insane to me.
I mean any wild animal is capable of inflicting great harm on humans. Chimpanzees are not some kind of unpredictable monsters who just kill and maim. In the wild their behavior is much more predictable because they're in their natural setting.
@@tampabaybuccaneer10Chimps value respect. They have been known to actively help humans in need. As long as you don’t mess with them, or give them a reason to assume you are a threat, they shouldn’t mess with you. You are right, they don’t just needlessly attack people. We as humans need to remember to respect the other life on this planet that we have overrun.
when i was a very young child a zoo in my country had a mentally disabled little monkey who used to free roam, he was a sweetheart (even tho he apparently kept trying to hump me when i went there..) but even tho he was so small and he was disabled it still scares me to think what he could have done if he was angry.
Wrong lesson to take! Don't ever assume that a medicine made for humans is also good for animals and will do the exact same thing, or that the dosage will work. There's a reason veterinarians don't go to human pharmacologists for their medicine, and why you're not supposed to treat yourself with animal pharmacology. As an example: chocolate. Humans are one of a few animals for whom it's NOT toxic. And we're one of the few animals who can deal with caffeine (protip, it's a natural herbicide, you can kill other plants with coffee).
@@neoqwertysomewhat, most likely the dosages are different but I have had a lot of people pick up controlled substances for their dog from the pharmacy I work at. Im guessing it does have a lot to do with dosing tho
The Gordy scene from Nope is permanently imbedded in my head and it’s one the most terrifying things I think I’ve ever seen. I’ve known how dangerous chimps can be and had heard the details of this case before, but that scene I feel really displayed how dangerous they can be for I guess the average person to see. It makes me sick on my stomach and gives me such a terrible, dreadful feeling just to think about it.
I don't get the appeal of having an animal that could actually kill you when it wants to. Sure my cat is a kind, harmless little goofball, but I'm still glad to know she could never do serious harm if she ever did snap
cats are some of the most prolific hunters in the world so more like your cat would have to be very lucky and also catch you off guard in order to kill you lol
The police call will always send me into a blind rage because this woman is clearly in immense distress and the dispatcher is just. “maam calm down .. maam youre being irrational!!! maam!!” who knows how different the situation couldve gone if help could have arrived sooner
I don't see why people would want to own something like a chimp. They are extremely intelligent and strong. People always ask me how I could have a snake. Mind you a California kingsnake, the worst of it would be a pin prick. Yet they forget about people like that who own lions, chimps, bears. Travis and Charla were failed that day. Travis was failed before he was even born. I hope Charla is doing well nowadays.
@@okdude8215 They definitely don't feel love nor really connect to you. The most they can do is tolerate you handling them. It's a shame but also kinda nice in a way.
It’s interesting to know the history. We talk about generational trauma in human terms it would not surprise that these animals have generational trauma as well.
As someone who owns (rescued) exotic pets, primates absolutely do not belong in captivity whether that be in someone’s house or in a zoo (unless it’s necessary conservation work)
I remember around the time this happened, I was working in a really strange job in a really strange office and we only had bunny ears satellite TV there that I had to manipulate to get a picture. I had been waiting for Oprah to unveil this woman, and I remember having to struggle and squint to see her face through the static and it made it so much more haunting
Of all the horrible (and they are horrific) things to talk about in this story lets also say it is incredible they were able to do one of the first successful face transplants. Who knows how many millions of people that sort of medical knowledge will go on to help. Thank you for your contributions to medical science, Charla.
it should be fully illegal to own primate unless it’s a zoo or a rehabilitation center for animals or whatever. let the professionals handle it. this is CRAZY
This happened when I was about 14/15 years old. From then on I developed a rational fear of chimpanzees and what they can do. The interviews with Charla after were so haunting and cemented the view that wild animals should never be kept as pets. It’s not only abusive to the animal but make people less weary around said animals that could kill you as with Travis.
You’re video is up on the explore page, love your incredible empathy for everyone involved and formatting. I hope this video gets you the attention you clearly deserve
The way people treated chimps, hurt my heart so much. They’re beautiful creatures, and they deserve the most upmost respect. Screw Connie as well, don’t take in a bunch of animals you can’t properly take care of!
"No one can own a chimp over 50 pounds." Exsqueeze me but to my googling knowledge the average adult chimp is anywhere from 60- to 160 pounds.. Connecticut.
@@MeowRealest that is still nonsense. So what, get a pet chimp for half a year and then force it onto some sanctuary where it might not even get along with the other chimps? Oh wait, release it into the wild! Yea... That will not work either. Actually, now that I think about it, you think that's where Joe Exotic got his chimps?
I was in shock and in total appreciation, when you had a moment of silence for those suffering with Karens! There is one in my trailer park. She been harassing the community for 4 years. Even as of a month ago received a restraining order to last one year! So she turned her attention to me and I'm almost 70 and have had two stress heart attacks back in 2014. The judge is young and the young woman is evidently well known so i was denied a hearing to determine if a restraining order is necessary. For two days i was scared to go outside because her boyfriend and her come running with cameras. It's alarming. And i guess she was so convincing to 911, that two police cars and two animal control lined my side of the street. Thankfully my dogs have their shots, tags, and i go beyond and put my phone number on all collars. I also had proof they had been dewormed less than a week ago and i already had the follow up meds ready. The lady police officer said she wished most of the parents took as good care of their children! I felt my face burn! I never get compliments like that. So the next couple days go by and i wanted the report so to have her info about what problem she had with me. But neither department even wrote an incident report about it. I wish they did so i could have proved to the judge that she has turned her attention to me. I want to say thank you for letting me vent a little. It actually did help i think. Thank you.❤
I’m glad this topic is still being addressed. I really don’t understand why people think that any primate can be a pet. They can’t. I studied primatology and worked with primate ecologists and conservationists, and while I’m absolutely no expert, my professors are and they are unified and vocal about the dangers and cruelty of private ownership of any primate species. They aren’t domesticated and never will be. They cannot be surrogate children, they cannot be toilet trained, they can carry diseases harmful to humans (and vice versa) and they certainly cannot thrive in a home. Many primates live in large, complex, wide ranging groups with strict hierarchies and violence is a way of life. It’s just how they’ve adapted and evolved. It isn’t good or bad, it’s just who they are. Even smaller primates like grivets, capuchins, and squirrel monkeys are fast, powerful, and aggressive. They are all adorable as newborns and babies, but they are ripped from their mothers as early as 3 days old in order to sell while they are still needy infants. The mother, who would normally stay with her children for up to 3-4 years, is then injected with hormones to speed up her reproductive cycle in order to produce another infant to sell. It’s disgusting and cruel, but there are few care requirements for breeders. So even if you justify that you aren’t funding the exotic pet trade, you are perpetuating cycles of misery, which is egregious. Primates are highly intelligent and need very specific diets and climate. Most are social, but those raised by humans are psychologically damaged and unpredictable. By the time they reach sexual maturity, they aren’t adorable any longer, they become dangerous. They’ll constantly test their “troop” to find their place in it, using aggression to move up the ranks. Children are not safe around them. They engage in behaviors that aren’t acceptable inside a home, like urine washing, poop flinging, destruction of their cages, and destruction and biting of their human owners. This is why you see tons of adorable baby monkeys in videos dressed in diapers and baby clothes, but very rarely any over the age of six or seven. Primates can live for 40-50 years. When the primate bites someone or the stink is too much to bear, that primate is quickly sold to anyone who will pay; the very lucky few go to a decent sanctuary. Most end up sold and resold, turned into breeders, or just locked in a cage with no stimulation or companionship. So much cruelty, and it’s all compounded when you talk about apes. I just wish people understood that no species of primate can be a suitable pet and that they understand the terrible cruelty and danger they are supporting when they purchase a newborn or a resold teenager/adult. Fortunately, laws are changing and most US states have outlawed private ownership. It’s progress at least. But with social media being ubiquitous these days, more and more people are seeing these adorable newborns and tortured creatures (remember the “tickled” loris?) and impulsively decide to get their own exotic pet. So thank you very much Cid for spreading awareness of such an important topic.
Just because humans and chimps are very similar does not mean they are the same. An adult chimp is about 10 times stronger than an adult human. They are wild animals. They are not meant to be pets or live in human houses. Sandra is 100% to blame for this, not Travis. I can’t say that if I was imprisoned like that, I wouldn’t have snapped as well. As someone who has had blackouts while on Xanax, I can only imagine how confused and distressed Travis was, and how afraid and in pain Charla was. This story has always devastated me.
You can always spot the most selfish people on the planet. They’re the ones that keep wild animals. Leave them ALONE. Leave them where they ARE. Nature can be cruel. But no where near as cruel as imprisoning a wild animal it’s entire life! We have no business being with them in their habitat, and they have no business in ours. What part of that don’t people GET?
hi cid, i have only seen a few of your videos but i just wanted to say thank you for your thorough and detailed research as well as for using actual photographs and video footage instead of a ton of ugly stock footage like a lot so-called "informative" channels do. it's obvious you put a lot of work, effort, and passion into this video and i just wanted to remind you that it is definitely recognized by those of us who notice such things. you are also a really good storyteller who says enough on everything without rambling on - the story keeps moving even when you are deeply explaining something. anyway, great job!!!!!!! 👏👏👏✨✨✨ my adhd self is actually gonna finish a video for once simply due to the quality! 😂🙌
Thank you for posting this very important video, well done! It’s utter INSANITY to think you could keep a full grown Chimpanzee and a male at that. Omg talk about an accident waiting to happen and it did! These beautiful animals belong in the wild, not on zoos, and certainly NOT as an effing PET! This case was just UNBELIEVABLE. Tragic for all involved especially Charla!!
Travis at 14 looked like chimps decades older than him. I have no doubt his owner loved him, but love is not enough. He never should have been bred. The wild chimps that he descended from should have never been captured. A completely avoidable tragedy. Chimps are their own people, so to say. More than human strength, intelligent enough to use tools, and less impulse control, especially in Travis' case where he was on medication. It was a recipe for disaster. If you want a pet, get a dog, cat, fish, rat. Not an ape.
I know Travis was just drugged and confused sending him into rage, but this case is the exact reason I skip the apes and the zoo and have a slight fear of them
I had a 700lb pig who got prescribed Valium (which is really similar to Xanax) and had a similar experience. She had never had any signs of aggression… But one day she randomly got up out of a nap, ran towards one of my goats, and viciously bit/broke her legs…. For no reason. After she did it I could tell she was in a state of shock, I don’t think she was in full control. It made me think about cases like this, bc I really feel like barbiturates play a role in uncalled for animal aggression.
It should be illegal to own a monkey or any primate , it never going to work and it dangerous , i see it when i was young , they have emotion just like human , it a disaster on making , never never have it as a pet
First heard of this story when I was in elementary school. This is what happens when you have absolutely zero respect and understanding of animals. A mentally unstable, unaware, and selfish old woman imprisons a giant wild animal and treats it like a 5 year old human baby. What did you expect was going to happen?
I was watching a show about people with pet monkey and apes. Without fail they were all utterly bonkers middle aged women who seemed to want a forever baby while totally ignoring how much it was messing up the animal.
Wild animals aren't pets. Even if they're born in captivity they're still wild. Monkey, parrot, elephant, fish, doesn't matter what kind of animal it is. Only domesticated species like dogs, chicken, cats and horses are pets.
Sandra was incredibly irresponsible. I cannot imagine horrific that much have been for that lady... her "friend" lying about not giving the Xanax & basically trying to deny & avoid the possibility that she could have something to do with Travis' aggressive behavior. Im so grateful she was given the opportunity to have those reconstruction surgeries done, even if they all weren't successful. God bless her, she is a survivor if anyone ever was. ❤
Are the people here saying that Travis was the real victim... Are they vegans? I'm not, but I assumed the woman who got her face torn off was the primary victim. People's ethics regarding animals seem somewhat odd... I mean, we can eat an animal but not shoot it in self-defense? Does that make sense?
Psychopaths tend to be attracted to animals, particularly women, because they have a maternal instinct that makes owning a voiceless dependent who never grows up very appealing.
Did Sandra even bother to check on Charla afterwards? She seemed so focused on defending herself and Travis it’s like do you not realize what a horrible thing you caused lady this persons life is completely destroyed.
The saddest part is that he didn’t go after his owner, just her friend. People who keep exotic pets like chimps and what not deserve nothing but the worst. Maybe the aliens will keep them all as pets for science :P
Alien Scientist: While humans are adorable and completely harmless as babies, when the grow older they become prone to unpredictability and violent behaviour and are prone to setting things on fire , do consider this before adopting a pet human
"some people say chimps shouldnt be pets, your thoughts?" "yes they are extremely similar to humans, which is why i think they should be pets" thats super crazy
This video is great and very informative, the only thing i can really see as inaccurate, is something ypu wouldnt have know anyway. Greenwhich is actually pronounced Gren-itch with a soft e. Why they spell it greenwhich we will never know.
It just makes so angry that because of Sandra’s selfishness of not letting Travis go to a shelter,and instead seeking therapy,she left Charla,basically without a face,and will spend the rest of her life like that!
Dear god, when i saw Charla raise her arms, holy cow. Shes both very lucky and very unlucky. Lucky to survive, unlucky to experience that in the first place. This is why chimpanzees and other wild animals should NEVER be kept as pets. In an animal sanctuary with people who know what they are doing and who provide proper care, its fine, but Sandra clearly had no clue what she was doing. Wild animals are NOT pets and should not be treated as such! Some people also seem to think that chimpanzees can be treated like little humans, but they dont understand things the same way we do. And they can turn very aggressive and violent, fast. Theres been many cases of people who been attacked, and some have been fatal. If you cant take proper care of an animal, you shouldn't have it. Period.
As a Connecticut resident, you could not escape this story the months after it happened. It was constantly getting updates and everyone was talking about it. And on a personal angle for me, my mom and Charla Nash were both nurses. So I always had that fear of what if my mom went over to a friend's house and a horrible accident happened. Not necessarily a chimp attack, but the idea of a seemingly normal day going wrong in an instant still terrifies me.
"He should have been in a cage". No he should've been free in his natural habitat.
OMG the *NERVE* of that lady pissed me off.
I don’t know that chimps raised by people can be released into the wild, I’ll however assume that you meant he should never have been a pet and agree with you on that point.
@@BeijingNoodlethey can send him to a location like chimp rescues. They rehab a serious level of cases: lab-tested chimps, ex-pet, etc. The moment he was getting bigger should have been her “wake-up” call. But some ppl are stupid. Wow.
@@dont_harsh_my_mellow I had no idea that there were rehabs for chimps, that actually really neat. I knew there were some sanctuaries that let them lead fuller lives with other chimps but I didn’t realize there was a way to help them towards living in the wild.
"I meant his human mom" 🤮
@@ThatWeirdFinn i wanted to throw up at that part🤢
I can’t imagine how terrifying it is to have bones broken, laying on the ground bleeding out, and having your friend and a police officer say you’re already dead when you’re still in absolute agony.
This is truly from a horror movie!!!!
truly. but charla said she doesn’t even remember the attack since it was so traumatic
@@sailormoon2227 I’m very glad she doesn’t remember the attack. I can only hope her body was in enough shock that she didn’t feel all the pain while it was happening
That pissed me off 😭 he didn't even bend down and check on her immediately
@@godisdead7802 Not to defend it, but if someone got torn to shreds by a chimp, they probably don’t look super pleasant afterwards. I don’t blame him for not trying to get too close, even though it was his job.
Chimps absolutely terrify me and this is why.
Sandra absolutely should have been criminally charged and the exotic pet trade needs to end.
This is so heartbreaking for Charla, and everyone involved.
Thank you for bringing this to light.
It is her fault that Travis was killed
Crazy things like chimps, tigers, etc need to end. “Exotic pet” label includes parakeets, hamsters, rabbits, snakes and many more acceptable household pets. Those pets are fine to keep, chimps and lions are not.
No, it doesn't need to end. Maybe some added regulation, but this is still America.
Nice to see you checked off various boxes on the unaware Karen checklist by calling for both criminal charges and the ending of an entire industry 😂
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What does being America have to do with animal abuse and endangerment. The average American isnt a professional genius
@@penskepc2374 you're literally advocating for essentially a genocide of a species or multiple species because they CANNOT live in captivity
I hate how she said “he shouldn’t have been out of his cage”; it just reinforces that she believes they should be caged their whole lives like they’re in prison… the conditions they were kept in is horrendous; especially with the terrifyingly loud dogs
yeah just egregious. These huge animals need LOTS of space😂
@@tiffanyclark-grove1989 they really do. They were never meant for such small spaces. Of course he wanted to go in the car.
Sandra is unbelievably irresponsible, the way she talks about Travis shows she has no understanding of the power and needs of that animal. And Charla, surviving what she did was incredible, especially when Travis never should have been a "pet" to begin with. Amazing video as always!
She talks about him like he’s her lover who murdered someone.
It's disgusting, she has a chimp and has almost done no research about them as it sounds like, she almost killed Charla.
She never got over her daughter's death. It's really fucked up. She needed psychological help. Her husband begged her to give Travis up, but she ignored hi.
I thought Sandra acted like someone who had several miscarriages and became obsessed with having a "permanent" child to "compensate" for that.
Bet he forgets to put in The adam lanza (yes, that adam lanza) radio call in to the anarchist flow/tjk aligned station clip really interesting stuff/id wish to see better coverage of this event lol instead of the same old rehashing an' adams take was pretty cool/im starting to see where the conspiracy theories come from
why do people still think that if you’re nice enough to a wild animal they will stop being wild? the exotic animal trade is so insane to me. there needs to me more strict regulation around it for sure
just look at the amount of people who think their lizard or snake loves them when, no, they just want your warmth. People anthropomorphize so easily.
I mean is this very different to how people act like their dogs are their children or ascribe human emotions and intentions on them? It’s a way a person has a connection on basically a deeper level to a different species but delusionally lol.
the xanax and lyme disease meds definately didnt help. only experts in zoology should be around wild animals and supervising their care. thats why this is so messed up, its sorta like drugging up a toddler thats as strong as 10 men.
@@appalachiabrauchfrauThat's not true at all. Emotions aren't exclusive to humans.
@dont_harsh_my_mellow There's a massive difference.
"Oh, your chimp is killing your friend". You can almost feel the eye roll until he realizes she's not kidding.
Yeah I get that 911 responders have to be calm and rational at all times, but that guy was a bit too blasé in comparison to the audible panic in the caller's voice.
Its insane to me that people keep these animals as pets when they see the damage they can do. A girl I went to elementary with and her family were very well known in our area for having exotic animals that no one could get. They had a chimp and brought it to the school gym and had a small assembly when we were in 2nd grade. This wasn't a huge gym either. It doubled as the cafeteria and just had a small stage on one side of the tiled floor room. I think about that all the time they just let this 2nd grade girl and her dad bring in a chimp to a bunch of wild 2nd graders. The chimp wasn't caged just in this girls lap or with her dad. If that chimp had gotten triggered by some crazy kid being a kid it would have been a massacre. Exotic animal laws were wayy too lax back in the day here in oklahoma. Lol.
Isn't Oklahoma where all the tiger people live? Like Tiger King? I guess that explains why they're there.
@KarlaHolland Yeah, it is. Lol. The laws have gotten better (not by much or enough), but they used to be soooo lax.
Wow that's crazy. Thanks for sharing your story. Glad nothing bad happened.
That was the 90s stupidity in a nutshell.
@@KarlaHollandIt's the only thing Oklahoma is going to be known. What they don't say is it's everywhere but Oklahomans know how to bribe better and the cops are okay as long as their silence is paid.
I know this isn't the point, but it was a little unsettling to me that when told thar chimps shouldn't be pets she responded by saying how similar to humans they are. I'm sure it's not what she meant, but the idea that she wants something that she considers to be so similar to a human as a pet really bothered me
When she said that, I immediately thought "... Maybe she was molesting that chimp" and then the video went on to talk about the sexual abuse rumors that people around town would talk about. Needless to say, I'm sure she made Travis into her stand-in husband after her real husband's death 🤢🤮 That quote is hella suspicious!
@@ina6601.Even before her husband's death, That weird line about "two men with garlic breath in bed."
@@FrancisR420 She also wrote that the chimp kisses like her husband.
@@liselotteline8596 oh HELL no. she is one of the strangest people i have ever seen.
These breeders are sick.
They are. They see animals as breeding machines and money machines. They don't truly care about the animals
demented
While it totally could have been the drugs or change of appearance, chimpanzees become incredibly dangerous once they hit puberty. The vast majority of chimpanzee "actors" are young and then shipped off once they hit puberty. The opening scenes showing all those chimps in a cage were ones abandoned once they became dangerous.
This is behavior that happens in the wild also, chimps can be incredibly brutal to other animals and to each other. They should not be pets, actors, anything and I cringe every time I see them in movies or TV. Leave them in the wild where they belong.
the only apes with anything like an amicable behavior is orangutans (and they shouldn't be kept as pets or entertainment either, it's just that they've shown willingness to help humans even in the wild). Even the intimidating-looking males have a lot of chill for being grown adult males.
(A good cue to know how threatening an animal is is to see how they handle young that aren't their own; if the females don't let the babies near the males there's an obvious reason.)
Humans are dangerous enough when we hit puberty, you'd think it would be common sense that chimpanzees would be even more!
Why didn't she neuter him? It would cut way down on his aggressiveness.
@@FreeOpenTruthendangered species. Also an extremely exotic pet, very few places could fix such an animal.
Charla looks and sounds absolutely amazing! I can’t fathom how she was able to get that kind of recovery; she’s obviously got an iron will and fortitude coming out of her every pore!
A strong immune system likely. It likely would have attacked the contaminated eyes later so it's safer they were removed.
Lots of money
@@TransDrummer1312 And? 🤷🏻♀️ It’s not like she was stealing the money for completely unnecessary and purely cosmetic surgeries from the hands of starving, Dickensian orphans with big eyes and outstretched hands. FFS the woman had her face eaten off by an exotic animal because this total nincompoop didn’t have two brain cells to rub together and decided that her desire to own a chimpanzee outweighed both her friend’s safety and the rights of her community members to live in a normal neighborhood free from the fear of being assaulted by a chimpanzee.
@@TransDrummer1312 Money that she's in debt for, hence the lawsuits. I don't know what your comment is trying to get at, but the quality of her facial reconstruction is 100% thanks to the skill of her surgeons.
Sweetie, she and her personality had nothing to do with it. Medicine will make you live whether you want it or not. I haven't gotten far into this but I can tell Charla is blind and her left hand is gone. What are you on about? Don't paint this as some feel good story. This is tragic and disgusting.
It is Sandra's fault that Travis died. All of this could have been avoided if she put him first, sent him somewhere where he could have received proper care and be a proper male chimp
exactly poor guy never got any chimp culture he would have been a great leader too intelligent and powerful
This attack was horrifying. Charla is amazing for being so optimistic. I hope she IS able to ride a horse again.
Shouldn’t have been out of the cage? No, he should have never been in one to begin with. This needs regulation, humans suck.
I think that people who traffic animals should face similar consequences to human trafficking. Especially when they are this dangerous.
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sometimes it's hard to tell how large an animal is from a description, but that picture of travis standing by the car is INSANE. he is MASSIVE! he never should have been a pet. i hope charla is able to ride a horse again
I actually remember seeing this on the news when I was younger and remember it scaring me so badly. Honestly I think that's where my fear of apes and monkeys come from. They are so intelligent but so powerful and that combination terrifies me.
I did not know that the victim, Charla, survived. I cannot imagine the trauma she has endured since that day, that poor women.
People owning exotic pets just angers me so much. They are NOT domesticated, and there is always ALWAYS the risk that they will not behave as you wish and hurt someone or something. These animals also don't deserve to live in small prisons their entire lives. The parents treating these intelligent animals as humans are disgusting. Shame on these people who put their desires over the safety of not only others but the animal itself.
same i think it traumatized a whole generation lmfaooa
It’s like big cats really. Our normal domestic cats are popular pets because of their size. The thing is, my three cats-particularly the lively one-can accidentally scratch me. I can’t imagine how much such accidents would injure me if she were the the size of a tiger.
@@mikoto7693I often wonder about “accidental” injuries from these exotic pets. Of course they are not domesticated and therefore dangerous and unpredictable by nature to begin with, but my domestic dog has knocked people down/scratched them through pure clumsiness, or nipped accidentally when playing tug or getting too excited playing etc. The only virtue is that she IS domestic, and can be verbally commanded and physically restrained by an alert human before serious harm. A pet chimpanzee, or tiger, or wolf, what happens when they roughhouse too roughly? Perhaps never even intending to draw blood? But kill or maim anyway by sheer force? Just another reason these animals are not pets!
@@mikoto7693 eeexactly!!
The pronunciation of filet Mignon had me in stitches 😂😂
I was looking for this comment I was like what lmao
Same here, I came to see if anyone caught that 😂
And Greenwich.
I heard it too but was more mad that a chimp is eating better than me!!!
Bless, I laughed out loud! No shade for not knowing the correct pronunciation, you could hear the uncertainty "mig..non"
that poor poor animal was failed for its entire life. i don't feel bad for the humans involved in this, except for charla.
Charla is such a strong woman. She could easily resent or fear wild animals but instead has become an advocate to free them from captivity. I respect her so much and props to the military for giving her the surgery. Wild animals should never be held in captivity.
And Travis is a victim of Sandra's cruelty.
All the warning signs were there. Travis' first public outburst, her husband's last request to give Travis away and even the animal expert's clear and concise warning that Travis has reached sexual maturity and that Sandra was utterly powerless to stop him should he go berserk from the isolation and lack of mates,which eventually came true.
Sandra ignored all the warnings because in the midst of her mourning and loneliness she was too selfish to see the harm her "love" for Travis was causing him as she kept using him to cope with her own grief. Taking him away from his mother and keeping him locked up, that's not love; it's possessiveness.
In the end both her friend and Travis paid the price for her selfishness.
So sad that they were best friends, now she has to live with all these health complications. She couldn’t even see her daughter graduate. 100% was the owners fault. chimps are not pets, they wild animals who deserve to be free in the wild. not used as replacement children sad ordeal all the way around. 😢
Xanax rage is very real and can be very scary. You get irrationally angry at the smallest things. With how similar chimps and humans are, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was a Xanax rage. The only things that makes me doubt it is that they say it happened within 5 minutes of giving him the tea, and Xanax doesn't work that fast. UNLESS that wasn't the first time she had given it to him that day.
Also would like to add that Xanax rage doesn't usually happen when you actually need it and are taking a therapeutic dose.
Sandra lied about how long ago she gave Travis the tea, her story changed multiple times and she'd been giving him the medication on prescription from a doctor in her town. it's just really sad
If a medication is dissolved in something like a liquid, that can change how quickly it's absorbed into the body. You basically skip all the steps of your body dissolving the capsule in the stomach.
@@Cloudy_Berry79 yea but even with that Xanax still takes at least 30-45 minutes to start working, in my experience at least
Great analysis. To further your point, I've had anger and emotional outbursts from Xanax that you're describing. Correct, taking Xanax cannot produce such a reaction five minutes after taking it. However, from my experience, it was when I was off Xanax or "coming down," when I would feel my worst and prone to rage. Travis may have been somewhere in that realm, coupled with the fact that he's a wild animal, and attacked Charla.
Also, prolonged use of Xanax is terrible. If someone is nervous to board a flight, then Xanax may be perfect for an occasional situation. But taken every day, you'd become suicidal and lose your mind. Case in point.
i can’t believe she survived this
Xanax and wine? She was sleeping with that damn monkey. You cannot convince me otherwise
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You're not the first person to comment this and it disturbs me...
@eboston7591- Does it really matter??
@eboston7591whatever
@@DiscoTimelordASD ummm.
Eww , what?!
Just those last two paragraphs of that letter Sandra wrote about how her husband kissed like Travis, and the chimp being in her bed. You can’t convince me she wasn’t s**ualy interfering with that animal.
My boyfriend at the time made the same comment. I thought it was a little overboard to assume. Until now.
Imagine being tranquilized and then waking up to your baby missing. If it was a human mom, everyone would be behind her suing and such. But because it’s a chimp, nothing is done about it and no one knows about it until it’s too late 😢
When you really stop to think about it, the way Sandra obtained Travis is no different than knocking out a first time mom and snatching away her newborn baby.
She was abusing that poor creature, forcing him into a life he's not ment for and not properly meeting his needs. Imagine if someone kidnapped you as a baby from your parents and forced you to live as a pet dog, feeding you kibble and making you play with dog toys and keeping you as a leash...
Sneaking MEDICATION into your food and drinks to keep you obedient...
I'd be pissed too. The poor thing was probably confused and scared, and his instincts got the best of him.
Charla's an amazing person to still have compassion for the chimps, realising that it's their poor environment that leads to their accidents. Some people get annoyed by animals and decide to advocate for wiping them out. Also fuck the police for not checking to see if she's alive. Why weren't there paramedics on scene.
The most astounding part of this is that I've heard about this case many times, and yet I NEVER heard that Charla survived. I was under the impression that Travis had killed her and yet she lived and is an amazing woman and a true survivor.
new news sources for you then
Wait so someone just decided to throw a cup at a random car with a partially open window? Dude didn't realize how close to death he truly was.
This entire story is why I don’t like and have a huge fear of monkeys/chimpanzees. Will never trust of like them as silly as it sounds lol the people who take wild animals like this and try to make them domesticated pets are insane to me.
liking them is neither here or there but anyone who trusts a chimpanzee is a fool.
I mean any wild animal is capable of inflicting great harm on humans. Chimpanzees are not some kind of unpredictable monsters who just kill and maim. In the wild their behavior is much more predictable because they're in their natural setting.
@@tampabaybuccaneer10Chimps value respect. They have been known to actively help humans in need. As long as you don’t mess with them, or give them a reason to assume you are a threat, they shouldn’t mess with you.
You are right, they don’t just needlessly attack people. We as humans need to remember to respect the other life on this planet that we have overrun.
@@aleleeramoschimp respect is different from human respect though. Like eye contact is seen as a threat from what I've heard
when i was a very young child a zoo in my country had a mentally disabled little monkey who used to free roam, he was a sweetheart (even tho he apparently kept trying to hump me when i went there..) but even tho he was so small and he was disabled it still scares me to think what he could have done if he was angry.
Note to self- do not give Xanax to a chimpanzee who is convinced he is human.
Wrong lesson to take! Don't ever assume that a medicine made for humans is also good for animals and will do the exact same thing, or that the dosage will work.
There's a reason veterinarians don't go to human pharmacologists for their medicine, and why you're not supposed to treat yourself with animal pharmacology.
As an example: chocolate. Humans are one of a few animals for whom it's NOT toxic. And we're one of the few animals who can deal with caffeine (protip, it's a natural herbicide, you can kill other plants with coffee).
@@neoqwertysomewhat, most likely the dosages are different but I have had a lot of people pick up controlled substances for their dog from the pharmacy I work at. Im guessing it does have a lot to do with dosing tho
The only thing more horrifying than this attack is how he pronounced filet mignon
Yesssss 😂😂
Yes! lmfao
Charla is an incredible woman! And she is so blessed to have her daughter and brother to be so supportive of her.
The Gordy scene from Nope is permanently imbedded in my head and it’s one the most terrifying things I think I’ve ever seen. I’ve known how dangerous chimps can be and had heard the details of this case before, but that scene I feel really displayed how dangerous they can be for I guess the average person to see. It makes me sick on my stomach and gives me such a terrible, dreadful feeling just to think about it.
I don't get the appeal of having an animal that could actually kill you when it wants to. Sure my cat is a kind, harmless little goofball, but I'm still glad to know she could never do serious harm if she ever did snap
Define "serious harm"
cats are some of the most prolific hunters in the world so more like your cat would have to be very lucky and also catch you off guard in order to kill you lol
Sandra’s so irresponsible and caused the attack on charla. You don’t keep wild chimps as pets
The police call will always send me into a blind rage because this woman is clearly in immense distress and the dispatcher is just. “maam calm down .. maam youre being irrational!!! maam!!” who knows how different the situation couldve gone if help could have arrived sooner
I don't see why people would want to own something like a chimp. They are extremely intelligent and strong.
People always ask me how I could have a snake. Mind you a California kingsnake, the worst of it would be a pin prick. Yet they forget about people like that who own lions, chimps, bears.
Travis and Charla were failed that day. Travis was failed before he was even born. I hope Charla is doing well nowadays.
Snakes are creepy as hell.
@@okdude8215snakes are cute!!!
@@rainbowrotcod I doubt they can even feel love or you know connection...
@@okdude8215 They definitely don't feel love nor really connect to you. The most they can do is tolerate you handling them. It's a shame but also kinda nice in a way.
It’s interesting to know the history. We talk about generational trauma in human terms it would not surprise that these animals have generational trauma as well.
As someone who owns (rescued) exotic pets, primates absolutely do not belong in captivity whether that be in someone’s house or in a zoo (unless it’s necessary conservation work)
I remember around the time this happened, I was working in a really strange job in a really strange office and we only had bunny ears satellite TV there that I had to manipulate to get a picture. I had been waiting for Oprah to unveil this woman, and I remember having to struggle and squint to see her face through the static and it made it so much more haunting
Grabbed the car keys and unlocked the front door! 240lb Chimp that can use keys is probably the scariest thing ive ever heard.
Of all the horrible (and they are horrific) things to talk about in this story lets also say it is incredible they were able to do one of the first successful face transplants. Who knows how many millions of people that sort of medical knowledge will go on to help. Thank you for your contributions to medical science, Charla.
it should be fully illegal to own primate unless it’s a zoo or a rehabilitation center for animals or whatever. let the professionals handle it. this is CRAZY
This happened when I was about 14/15 years old. From then on I developed a rational fear of chimpanzees and what they can do. The interviews with Charla after were so haunting and cemented the view that wild animals should never be kept as pets. It’s not only abusive to the animal but make people less weary around said animals that could kill you as with Travis.
You’re video is up on the explore page, love your incredible empathy for everyone involved and formatting. I hope this video gets you the attention you clearly deserve
I just watched Nope last night and Gordy reminded me so much of Travis 😭
“Girl who can’t stop sneezing tonight at 5” hard hitting journalism right there
The way people treated chimps, hurt my heart so much. They’re beautiful creatures, and they deserve the most upmost respect. Screw Connie as well, don’t take in a bunch of animals you can’t properly take care of!
"No one can own a chimp over 50 pounds." Exsqueeze me but to my googling knowledge the average adult chimp is anywhere from 60- to 160 pounds.. Connecticut.
Average adult chimp, not adolescent. The law is just saying you can’t own adult chimps
@@MeowRealest that is still nonsense. So what, get a pet chimp for half a year and then force it onto some sanctuary where it might not even get along with the other chimps? Oh wait, release it into the wild! Yea... That will not work either. Actually, now that I think about it, you think that's where Joe Exotic got his chimps?
I was in shock and in total appreciation, when you had a moment of silence for those suffering with Karens! There is one in my trailer park. She been harassing the community for 4 years. Even as of a month ago received a restraining order to last one year! So she turned her attention to me and I'm almost 70 and have had two stress heart attacks back in 2014. The judge is young and the young woman is evidently well known so i was denied a hearing to determine if a restraining order is necessary. For two days i was scared to go outside because her boyfriend and her come running with cameras. It's alarming. And i guess she was so convincing to 911, that two police cars and two animal control lined my side of the street. Thankfully my dogs have their shots, tags, and i go beyond and put my phone number on all collars. I also had proof they had been dewormed less than a week ago and i already had the follow up meds ready. The lady police officer said she wished most of the parents took as good care of their children! I felt my face burn! I never get compliments like that. So the next couple days go by and i wanted the report so to have her info about what problem she had with me. But neither department even wrote an incident report about it. I wish they did so i could have proved to the judge that she has turned her attention to me.
I want to say thank you for letting me vent a little. It actually did help i think.
Thank you.❤
i think this is the incident the monkey in "NOPE" is based off of, so wild
I’m glad this topic is still being addressed. I really don’t understand why people think that any primate can be a pet. They can’t. I studied primatology and worked with primate ecologists and conservationists, and while I’m absolutely no expert, my professors are and they are unified and vocal about the dangers and cruelty of private ownership of any primate species. They aren’t domesticated and never will be. They cannot be surrogate children, they cannot be toilet trained, they can carry diseases harmful to humans (and vice versa) and they certainly cannot thrive in a home.
Many primates live in large, complex, wide ranging groups with strict hierarchies and violence is a way of life. It’s just how they’ve adapted and evolved. It isn’t good or bad, it’s just who they are. Even smaller primates like grivets, capuchins, and squirrel monkeys are fast, powerful, and aggressive. They are all adorable as newborns and babies, but they are ripped from their mothers as early as 3 days old in order to sell while they are still needy infants. The mother, who would normally stay with her children for up to 3-4 years, is then injected with hormones to speed up her reproductive cycle in order to produce another infant to sell. It’s disgusting and cruel, but there are few care requirements for breeders. So even if you justify that you aren’t funding the exotic pet trade, you are perpetuating cycles of misery, which is egregious.
Primates are highly intelligent and need very specific diets and climate. Most are social, but those raised by humans are psychologically damaged and unpredictable. By the time they reach sexual maturity, they aren’t adorable any longer, they become dangerous. They’ll constantly test their “troop” to find their place in it, using aggression to move up the ranks. Children are not safe around them. They engage in behaviors that aren’t acceptable inside a home, like urine washing, poop flinging, destruction of their cages, and destruction and biting of their human owners. This is why you see tons of adorable baby monkeys in videos dressed in diapers and baby clothes, but very rarely any over the age of six or seven. Primates can live for 40-50 years. When the primate bites someone or the stink is too much to bear, that primate is quickly sold to anyone who will pay; the very lucky few go to a decent sanctuary. Most end up sold and resold, turned into breeders, or just locked in a cage with no stimulation or companionship. So much cruelty, and it’s all compounded when you talk about apes.
I just wish people understood that no species of primate can be a suitable pet and that they understand the terrible cruelty and danger they are supporting when they purchase a newborn or a resold teenager/adult. Fortunately, laws are changing and most US states have outlawed private ownership. It’s progress at least. But with social media being ubiquitous these days, more and more people are seeing these adorable newborns and tortured creatures (remember the “tickled” loris?) and impulsively decide to get their own exotic pet. So thank you very much Cid for spreading awareness of such an important topic.
Such a tragic situation all around ;(
Just because humans and chimps are very similar does not mean they are the same. An adult chimp is about 10 times stronger than an adult human. They are wild animals. They are not meant to be pets or live in human houses. Sandra is 100% to blame for this, not Travis. I can’t say that if I was imprisoned like that, I wouldn’t have snapped as well.
As someone who has had blackouts while on Xanax, I can only imagine how confused and distressed Travis was, and how afraid and in pain Charla was. This story has always devastated me.
"fill et migh nyon" 💀
You can always spot the most selfish people on the planet. They’re the ones that keep wild animals. Leave them ALONE. Leave them where they ARE. Nature can be cruel. But no where near as cruel as imprisoning a wild animal it’s entire life! We have no business being with them in their habitat, and they have no business in ours. What part of that don’t people GET?
hi cid, i have only seen a few of your videos but i just wanted to say thank you for your thorough and detailed research as well as for using actual photographs and video footage instead of a ton of ugly stock footage like a lot so-called "informative" channels do. it's obvious you put a lot of work, effort, and passion into this video and i just wanted to remind you that it is definitely recognized by those of us who notice such things. you are also a really good storyteller who says enough on everything without rambling on - the story keeps moving even when you are deeply explaining something. anyway, great job!!!!!!! 👏👏👏✨✨✨ my adhd self is actually gonna finish a video for once simply due to the quality! 😂🙌
Thank you for posting this very important video, well done! It’s utter INSANITY to think you could keep a full grown Chimpanzee and a male at that. Omg talk about an accident waiting to happen and it did! These beautiful animals belong in the wild, not on zoos, and certainly NOT as an effing PET! This case was just UNBELIEVABLE. Tragic for all involved especially Charla!!
The way that you said filet mignon is really funny, I’ve only ever heard it said “filay minyon”
Travis at 14 looked like chimps decades older than him. I have no doubt his owner loved him, but love is not enough. He never should have been bred. The wild chimps that he descended from should have never been captured. A completely avoidable tragedy. Chimps are their own people, so to say. More than human strength, intelligent enough to use tools, and less impulse control, especially in Travis' case where he was on medication. It was a recipe for disaster. If you want a pet, get a dog, cat, fish, rat. Not an ape.
I know Travis was just drugged and confused sending him into rage, but this case is the exact reason I skip the apes and the zoo and have a slight fear of them
You're pronunciation of fillet mignon was hilarious, other than that great video 🎉
I had a 700lb pig who got prescribed Valium (which is really similar to Xanax) and had a similar experience. She had never had any signs of aggression… But one day she randomly got up out of a nap, ran towards one of my goats, and viciously bit/broke her legs…. For no reason. After she did it I could tell she was in a state of shock, I don’t think she was in full control. It made me think about cases like this, bc I really feel like barbiturates play a role in uncalled for animal aggression.
Thank you again Kiddo for another informative and heartbreak report on the horrifying situation these creatures are "living" in.
It should be illegal to own a monkey or any primate , it never going to work and it dangerous , i see it when i was young , they have emotion just like human , it a disaster on making , never never have it as a pet
There should be laws stopping people from keeping wild animals as pets. Imagine destroying your friend's life like this.
First heard of this story when I was in elementary school. This is what happens when you have absolutely zero respect and understanding of animals. A mentally unstable, unaware, and selfish old woman imprisons a giant wild animal and treats it like a 5 year old human baby. What did you expect was going to happen?
A lot of humans are absolutely stupid.
Some animals can’t be pets!
I was watching a show about people with pet monkey and apes. Without fail they were all utterly bonkers middle aged women who seemed to want a forever baby while totally ignoring how much it was messing up the animal.
Wild animals aren't pets. Even if they're born in captivity they're still wild. Monkey, parrot, elephant, fish, doesn't matter what kind of animal it is. Only domesticated species like dogs, chicken, cats and horses are pets.
Animals like this should absolutely never be pets
Yeah just like how snakes,big cats,or spiders shouldn’t be pets.
Sandra was incredibly irresponsible. I cannot imagine horrific that much have been for that lady... her "friend" lying about not giving the Xanax & basically trying to deny & avoid the possibility that she could have something to do with Travis' aggressive behavior. Im so grateful she was given the opportunity to have those reconstruction surgeries done, even if they all weren't successful. God bless her, she is a survivor if anyone ever was. ❤
The chimp needed his own life, free to
make his own decisions, his chosen mate, & a family of little chimps.
Okay so I really thought i was familiar with the travis story, but you had a lot of information I never heard. Kudos My friend, I am now subscribed :D
The most terrifying part of this video was how you pronounced Filet mignon
I will always remember the Oprah interview as a kid and being so confused how a face with no visible mouth was even speaking. Really scared me.
Oh my goodness, this is a terrifying story. As a Missourian I can attest to the reality of the rampant monkey business afoot in my state.
Are the people here saying that Travis was the real victim... Are they vegans? I'm not, but I assumed the woman who got her face torn off was the primary victim. People's ethics regarding animals seem somewhat odd... I mean, we can eat an animal but not shoot it in self-defense? Does that make sense?
Can’t stop laughing at your pronunciation of ‘filet mignon’ at 9:48 😂
Very gruesome but fascinating. I feel very badly for Charla and for Travis.
50 GRAND OMG ... that was in the 90s - that's a huge amount now ! That's crazy
Psychopaths tend to be attracted to animals, particularly women, because they have a maternal instinct that makes owning a voiceless dependent who never grows up very appealing.
I'm a woman and I love animals but I would never own a wild animal.
Did Sandra even bother to check on Charla afterwards? She seemed so focused on defending herself and Travis it’s like do you not realize what a horrible thing you caused lady this persons life is completely destroyed.
The saddest part is that he didn’t go after his owner, just her friend. People who keep exotic pets like chimps and what not deserve nothing but the worst. Maybe the aliens will keep them all as pets for science :P
Alien Scientist: While humans are adorable and completely harmless as babies, when the grow older they become prone to unpredictability and violent behaviour and are prone to setting things on fire , do consider this before adopting a pet human
"some people say chimps shouldnt be pets, your thoughts?" "yes they are extremely similar to humans, which is why i think they should be pets" thats super crazy
This video is great and very informative, the only thing i can really see as inaccurate, is something ypu wouldnt have know anyway. Greenwhich is actually pronounced Gren-itch with a soft e. Why they spell it greenwhich we will never know.
Also the pronunciation of filet mignon lmao
It’s crazy how people will be wary about unneutered male dogs because of their aggression but don’t think twice about having sexually mature chimps
"FileT MIGNON" Omg youre KILLING ME.
9:49 this dude said "fill-et mig-non" 😂
It just makes so angry that because of Sandra’s selfishness of not letting Travis go to a shelter,and instead seeking therapy,she left Charla,basically without a face,and will spend the rest of her life like that!
the x logo 😢
Dear god, when i saw Charla raise her arms, holy cow. Shes both very lucky and very unlucky. Lucky to survive, unlucky to experience that in the first place.
This is why chimpanzees and other wild animals should NEVER be kept as pets. In an animal sanctuary with people who know what they are doing and who provide proper care, its fine, but Sandra clearly had no clue what she was doing. Wild animals are NOT pets and should not be treated as such! Some people also seem to think that chimpanzees can be treated like little humans, but they dont understand things the same way we do. And they can turn very aggressive and violent, fast. Theres been many cases of people who been attacked, and some have been fatal.
If you cant take proper care of an animal, you shouldn't have it. Period.
Sucks people won't just leave animals alone. This is insane.
Poor Chance and Travis. They and Charla deserved so much better.
As a Connecticut resident, you could not escape this story the months after it happened. It was constantly getting updates and everyone was talking about it. And on a personal angle for me, my mom and Charla Nash were both nurses. So I always had that fear of what if my mom went over to a friend's house and a horrible accident happened. Not necessarily a chimp attack, but the idea of a seemingly normal day going wrong in an instant still terrifies me.