Lab monkeys remain on the loose in Mississippi following truck crash, as authorities correct initial reports they were c

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carrying infections

Authorities were still searching on Wednesday for three rhesus monkeys after they escaped following a truck accident in Mississippi this week.

The truck, which carried rhesus monkeys used in scientific research, crashed Tuesday on I-59 near mile marker 117, about 100 miles from Jackson, Miss., the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department stated in a Facebook post. As of Tuesday, officials said that three monkeys remained on the loose after initially reporting just one was unaccounted for. The other monkeys have been “destroyed.”

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Initially, the sheriff’s department said that the monkeys weighed approximately 40 pounds each, were aggressive and required protective gear to handle as they carried “hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.” However, a follow-up post from the sheriff’s department on Tuesday shared a statement from the Tulane Biomedical Research Center, which clarified earlier claims that the sheriff’s department said were initially made by the truck driver.

“Non-human primates at the Tulane National Biomedical Research Center are provided to other research organizations to advance scientific discovery,” the organization said. “The primates in question belong to another entity and are not infectious. We are actively collaborating with local authorities and will send a team of animal care experts to assist as needed.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/lab-monkeys-remain-on-the-loose-in-mississippi-following-truck-crash-as-authorities-correct-initial-reports-they-were-carrying-infections-171511170.html

[johnnyfins]

1. Great...

See the movie Outbreak.

[ret5hd]

2. no...12 Monkeys (obviously)

[LonePirate]

3. I suspect the gators will take care of them.