Travis could open doors using keys, dress himself, water plants, feed hay to his owners' horses, eat at a table with the rest of the family, and drink wine from a stemmed glass he was so fond of ice cream that he learned the schedules of passing ice cream trucks. "I just don't know why he would do that." "He listened better than my nephews," the neighbor remarked after Travis had mauled Nash. He added the animal always knew when to stop and paid close attention to its owner.
A neighbor said he used to play around and wrestle with Travis. Having grown up among people, Travis had been socialized to humans since birth. Travis became well known in the town and had been known to greet police officers they would encounter when towing cars. The Herolds owned a towing company, and Travis would pose for photos at the shop and ride with the tow truck, his seatbelt buckled as he wore a baseball shirt.
Travis was the Herolds' constant companion and would often accompany them to work and on their shopping excursions in town. The Herolds raised Travis at their home at Rock Rimmon Road in the North Stamford section of Stamford, Connecticut. They named the chimp for Sandra's favorite singer, Travis Tritt.
Sandra and Jerome Herold purchased Travis for $50,000 from a breeder after he was taken from his mother when he was three days old. In a separate incident, Travis' mother Suzy was fatally shot following an escape in 2001. Travis was born near Festus, Missouri on October 21, 1995, at Mike and Connie Braun Casey's compound, currently named the Missouri Chimpanzee Sanctuary.
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