The monkeys escape after the truck carrying them crashes; infected with COVID, herpes, hepatitis

The monkeys escape after the truck carrying them crashes; infected with COVID, herpes, hepatitis

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…

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Truck carrying aggressive, disease-carrying monkeys overturns in Mississippi

Truck carrying aggressive, disease-carrying monkeys overturns in Mississippi

Authorities in Jasper County, Mississippi, are warning residents to remain alert and avoid contact after a truck carrying rhesus monkeys from Tulane University overturned on Interstate 59 early Tuesday morning, releasing several of the animals into the area. Corvette driver and teenage passenger injured after their car slid under a tractor-trailer in North Carolina According…

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