When middle-aged Charla Nash was mauled by a 200-pound chimp which went nuts in suburban Stamford, Connecticut, the world wanted to know how that kind of animal was allowed to live as a pet.
His owner Sandra Herold, who died a few years after the attack, had trained him to eat, attend to his hygiene, and have a glass of wine now and then just like a human. Everything seemed to go okay until the evening he tore off Nash's face, eyes, and hands. The police killed him.
The lawsuit Nash's family brought against the Herold's estate has been settled in Hartford, CT, reports THE NEW YORK POST.
The terms have been kept secret. Nash, who remains blind but has some facial reconstruction, lives in a nursing home near Boston. The suit originally asked for $50 million.
Since the mauling, neighbors tend to have the law on their side when they want the community to be rid of many kinds of animals which owners maintain as pets or as a source of food. The Thanksgiving weekend film "The Life of Pi" reinforced that it's in the nature of certain animals to attack. That won't be domesticated out of them.
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