Charla Nash

On February 16, 2009 an attractive woman of 55 named Charla Nash was attacked by a chimpanzee. She was at her friend’s home when this incident took place. It was a pet chimpanzee who turned out of control that day. Travis was a fifteen years old chimpanzee. The chimpanzee was already identified dangerous as a pet and a threat to humans. Travis was being treated with Xanax which is a drug for those who are struggling with depression.

Travis the chimpanzee has performed in TV shows and several advertisements. In “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Charla Nash revealed her face. The animal ripped off her face, hands, nose and eyes. Her face is completely disfigured now. She is not be able to see as her eyes were removed. When police reached to her friend’s home they were unable to recognize her as her face was badly damaged. After the horrible attack, Charla is not in a position to eat anything. She uses straw for it and even she cant breathe through nose.

When Travis attacked on Charla, her friend called police to safe her friend. She was crying and shouting to protect her friend because her chimpanzee ripped her face off. As police reached there Chimpanzee also attacked on there vehicle. Police had to attack several times to kill the chimpanzee. Miss Herold is also responsible for it because she was aware of this fact that her pet is dangerous for others.

Charla Nash is a very brave lady. She is ready to face her current physical conditions.  She just want to get better as soon as possible. She is aware of this fact that she will have to spend her life without hands and eye sight but her spirit is really admirable.