A crash on a highway in Mississippi gave a group of lab monkeys a taste of freedom, police said, before a mix-up over whether the primates had infectious diseases led to some of them being killed.
The hunt for the missing monkeys was documented in a string of Facebook posts from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday. Police said the monkeys were being transported from Tulane University in New Orleans, urging people not to approach the animals and instead call 911. Personal protective equipment would be needed to handle the animals, the sheriff’s department said.
