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Chimp Attack Victim Talking, Moving

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(Newser) – Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman nearly mauled to death by a friend’s pet chimp, has been making dramatic progress in recent weeks and is now talking, moving, and asking for her daughter, the New York Daily News reports. Doctors had feared Nash would never recover. “For a time we were very worried,” said her twin brother, Stephen. “Now it’s more hopeful.”

Sandra Herold, owner of Travis the chimpanzee, speaks to reporters in Stamford, Conn. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009.
Sandra Herold, owner of Travis the chimpanzee, speaks to reporters in Stamford, Conn. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009.   (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
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.
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.   (AP Photo/The Stamford Advocate, Kathleen O'Rourke)
April Truitt feeds a chimpanzee at the Primate Rescue Center near Nicholasville, Ky. Truitt says she warned the woman whose chimp critically injured Charla Nash about the hazards of such animals.
April Truitt feeds a chimpanzee at the Primate Rescue Center near Nicholasville, Ky. Truitt says she warned the woman whose chimp critically injured Charla Nash about the hazards of such animals.   (AP Photo/James Crisp)
The gated driveway to the home where a woman was mauled by a chimpanzee this week is seen on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 in Stamford, Conn.
The gated driveway to the home where a woman was mauled by a chimpanzee this week is seen on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 in Stamford, Conn.   (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)
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