CRIME & LAW

Monkeys escape after truck overturns in Mississippi

A truck carrying Rhesus monkeys overturned on Interstate 59 north of Heidelberg, Mississippi, sending animals into tall roadside grass and splintering crates marked “live animals,” authorities said. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department said all but one of the escaped monkeys were killed and warned they were aggressive. Tulane University said the monkeys had been housed at its National Biomedical Research Center but were not owned or transported by the university, and said they had not been exposed to any infectious agent. Law enforcement and wildlife officials responded. The cause, ownership and destination remain unclear.

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