travis the chimp lived with sandra harold for 14 years, five years before the attack, sandra's husband died. also her only daughter died in a traffic accident. so some say that sandra turned to travis the chimp for companionship. is the bottom line here, dr. judy, that people have to realize that primates cannot be used as replacements for people in normal human social interaction? >> seeing the travis the chimp on that machine is what we call anthropomorphiizing, making the manl like a person. it is true. you know this, being an animal lover and having three dogs yourself, people form that's called the human/animal companion bond. it's very strong and people often research shows use the pet even more than a friend because the pets don't talk back, because they love you constantly. so this is positive for many people, for many types of pets, but other types of pets, it's not appropriate as we heard from jack. >> these are not pets. you might call them pets but they ain't pets at the end of the day. this attack happened on february 16th when sandra harold, the woman who kept the chimp a

. >> the voice of the owner, sandra harold. she was not dead but could have been. this was not the first time travis had snapped. check out this video from six years ago, the chirch escaped from its owner's car led police on a wild chase in downtown stamford for hours. cops caught him but connecticut never took the chimp away. we'll take your calls on this, 1-877-tell-hln. joining me to talk about this michael nash, again the victim, char lar nash's twin brother. his attorney is with us, as well. william monaco. barry silver with us, civil and animal rights attorney and monica potts, reporter "stanford advocate." michael starting with you how is your sister doing? >> my sister is doing very well. she's in strong spirits. she wants to get fixed. she has a lot of injuries. she's -- she is blind. she lost two hands and her face and her scalp was ripped off. so, there's a lot of damage. it's in a stable situation right now, but now things have got to move forward to get fixed. >> do you believe the state's at fault here, michael? >> oh, i believe that. there was a law.

harold. some say that sandra turned to travis for companion. >> seeing the travis the chimp on that machine is what we call making the animal into like a person. and it is true, jane, you know this, being an animal lover and having three charming dogs yourself, people form the human-animal bond. it's very strong and research shows use the pet even more than a friend because the pets don't talk back. because they love you con tantly, so this is positive for many people with many kinds of pets. but other types of pets, it's not appropriate. >> these are not pets. you might call them pets, but they ain't pets at the end of the day. this happened on february 16th, reportedly asked her friend to help lure the animal back into the house. here's the victim on oprah. >> was it your job to help take care of him because this was your boss? >> no, it was her pet that she wanted and she had to rush out a few times or couldn't come home that night. only two times i fed him. >> so you were familiar with him. were you afraid of him? >> yeah, always. >> mark, the victim's family has filed a $50 million lawsui