A truck carrying “aggressive” rhesus monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and COVID overturned Tuesday in Mississippi, allowing them to escape.
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department said most of the escaped animals had been destroyed or remained in their cages, but one was still loose.
“The monkeys weigh approximately 40 (pounds), are aggressive towards humans and require PPE to handle,” a sheriff’s spokesperson said on Facebook.
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The truck was coming from Tulane University when it crashed on Interstate 59. The sheriff said Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries responded along with area law enforcement officials.
People were warned not to approach the loose monkey and to call 911 if they saw it.
“Tulane University has been notified and will send a team to pick up the monkeys (those still caged) tomorrow,” the sheriff’s department said.
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