Chimp's owner calls vicious mauling 'freak thing'
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fap%2F20090217%2Fcapt.3117e3f03464426b88adbb0ff77f394b.chimpanzee_attack_ctsta103.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="130" width="108" alt="In this Oct. 20, 2003 photo, Travis, a 10-year-old chimpanzee, sits in the corner of his playroom at the home of Sandy and Jerome Herold in Stamford, Conn. The 175-pound (80-kilogram) chimpanzee kept as a pet was shot and killed by a police officer Monday, Feb. 16, 2009 after it attacked a woman visiting its owners' home, leaving her with serious facial injuries, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Stamford Advocate, Kathleen O'Rourke)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_us/chimpanzee_attack)AP - The owner of a 200-pound chimpanzee that viciously mauled a Stamford woman calls the incident "a freak thing," but says her pet was not a "horrible" animal.</p><br clear="all"/>
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