Well none of us were there, maybe it sensed something within this woman. From what I heard on the News last night, it sounded like the owner gave the Chimp some zanax and that could have triggered his aressive behavior. Possibly perhaps after the chip was finished making movies, maybe it could have found life better with his other kind, maybe a zoo or perhaps sent back to where it came from to live out his life. There have been cases of dogs and cat’s going wild if they have no home. Dogs have sensed fear in people or sometimes if the person is mean etc. If a dog does what this chimp did, they would have destroyed it, however I think they should have at least sedated it before making a snap decision and killing him, then discovered if it was under drugs and that was the cause, they could then and only then, they could have decided 1. to destroy him or 2. send him into the zoo to live the rest of his life, or 3. send him inot the wild with his other kind. I feel bad for the lady who got attacked and for the owner as well.

What nonsense! Who cares whether this animal will be remembered as cute and cuddly or as a vicious killer; it was both. Attempting such moral judgments on and animal is just plain dumb. I believe in treating animals as humanely as possible, but if there is a good reason (like food production, a condition that causes the animal great pain, or, maybe if the animal is in the process of ripping someone’s face off) it should be killed as humanely as possible. When I first saw Morgan Fairchild’s use of the word sin in connection with the shooting of this creature, I assumed she didn’t mean that literally; that no one on earth could be that dopey. Lisa’s pathetic post disabused me of that notion.

Lisa, are you insane? You are blaming the victim for provoking the chimpanzee when you know nothing about the case. Yes, the owner should be blamed. Blamed for owning a 200-lb chimpanzee. The chimp didn’t need to be provoked in order to attack. Chimps in the wild attack and eat other chimps and it went back to its instincts and got bloodlust and attacked.

No, Lisa, the chimp should be remembered as a monster that ripped a woman’s face off. Would you say that a human who did something like that should be remembered as a sweet, playful person. You’re F’n insane.

I applaud Morgan Fairchild for speaking out. It is sinful that this chimp was killed. All of the blame belongs to the owner who used extremely bad judgment. Lots of people knew this chimp and had close personal contacts with him and at all times he was loving, gentle and playful. Obviously something happened which triggered this incident. The owner’s story doesn’t add up and she has been changing her story. I highly doubt her friend just walked out of her car and got attacked. This chimp must have been provoked to react the way he did. You can’t blame an animal if humans provoke it. The owner said she called her friend to help her get the chimp inside the house. Perhaps these two ladies got to forceful. Another odd thing is the owner said tonight that her friend was holding a stuffed animal in front of her face. She showed the stuffed animal on the ground. Perhaps that scared the chimp or perhaps he jumped up to grab the stuff animal. In any event, it doesn’t make sense to walk out of a car holding a stuff animal in front of your face. And the owner was very quick to hit the chimp with a shovel and then multiple times stab it with an 8 inch knife. Most owners even in such a tragic situation would not be so quick to resort to such acts. Was the owner hitting and bullying the chimp before her friend arrived? The owner admitted in the 911 call that her stabbing of the chimp really provoked it and made the attack worse. This chimp had 15 years of intense human contact with multitudes of people and strangers and never once ever showed any signs of aggression. Someone provoked this chimp. You can’t blame an animal when humans provoke it. This chimp should not be remembered as a wild chimp. This chimp should be remembered as the sweet, playful chimp that Morgan described.

Really, Morgan? Animal v. Human. And you choose animal. WOW.

Morgan Fairchild is either badly mis-informed about this incident, or has some serious issues. The police officer arriving on the scene radioed “that the victim had no face”, and DOCTORS and NURSES in an EMERGENCY ROOM who see horrible things every day have needed COUNSELING!!! They should have shot the chimp as soon as they got there, and a couple of extra times to be sure. Morgan, go audition for “the surreal life” where you belong.

Miss Fairchild was just speaking of her experience with the chimp-remembering him fondly as she is a true humanitarian and a lovely person. I’m certain she has every sympathy for all those hurt in the attack as well, she was merely expressing the loss-not justifying the attack!

This is so tragic…I feel so sorry for the woman, but even worse for the chimp. Chimps are not meant to be in captivity like this one which humiliated and forced to do stupid tricks.

Is ignorance really that blissful Morgan? I’m no biologist but even I know chimpanzees are still wild animals no matter how well trained they are. Dumb broad.

Wild animals are not pets and should not be alowed to be kept as pets. Just look at all of the injuries they have caused.

Too bad that the STARS think Travis was such a joy. He hurt a human and it cost her her two hands. Give me a break MORGAN FAIRCHILD. You are a jerk!!!!!

Primates can be given excellent lives when kept by private individuals who are responsible enough to educate themselves about the species, their behavior during all stages of life, their requirements for good diet, proper housing etc. In this case the chimp is well known to have 7 to 10 times the strangth of a man. Mature chimps might be more like the pit bulls of the dog world. Sadly, what happened to Travis has nothing to do with show business and everything to do with a human who was not a responsible educated caretaker.Responsible people who believe in their right to keep smaller primates should not be judged by a chimp incident any more than a pitbull attack should reflect on a toy poodle owner.

is great to see that Morgan Fairchild came out in the defence of the chimp,after all this time….is very sad

people have to realize wild pets are not like household dogs and cats look how fast they can snap!! I feel bad the owner got hurt but it makes me sick the chimp had to go that way Dennis Hawes

Did this idiot of a woman not hear the 911 tape. What a tool

The use of chimpanzees in show business is what led to this tragedy. Ms Fairchild, apparently unwittingly, is contributing to the problem by agreeing to work with primates — and then insisting how sweet and adorable they are.

Show business chimps are babies. As soon as they are too old to be managed (6 or 7), they are dumped. That is, they are sold into inappropriate settings, if they are not used to produce more show biz babies.

Travis was no longer a baby. He was a 15 year old male chimpanzee, and aggression was very much in character.

This animal would eat her face off.