Owner now says she never gave slain chimp Xanax
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/img.news.yahoo.com/util/anysize/130,http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fa%2Fp%2Fap%2F20090218%2Fcapt.950302d91bf043b08d90bb192802ed72.addition_chimpanzee_attack_ctsta501.jpg?v=2" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="FILE MANDATORY CREDIT, ONLINE OK **" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_us/chimpanzee_attack)AP - As authorities considered criminal charges against the woman whose 200-pound domesticated chimpanzee went berserk and mauled a friend, she backtracked Wednesday on whether she gave the animal the anti-anxiety drug Xanax. Sandra Herold told The Associated Press on Wednesday that she never gave the drug to her 14-year-old chimp, Travis, who was shot dead by Stamford police Monday after he grievously wounded Herold's friend Charla Nash.</p><br clear="all"/>
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