US EditionLast monkey on the loose after Mississippi highway crash is captured after being spotted by resident
The final rhesus macaque was tranquilized and secured after over a week on the loose following a truck crash that killed five monkeys, local authorities confirmed.
- On Wednesday afternoon, Jasper County authorities captured the final lab monkey near a home in Heidelberg, Mississippi, ending a search that lasted more than a week and drew national headlines.
- A truck overturning on Interstate 59 on Oct. 28 carrying 21 rhesus macaques ejected eight monkeys from their cages.
- A resident reported the monkey's location after her dog started barking, prompting Heidelberg police and transport company workers to tranquilize it within two hours of an about 2 p.m. call.
- The search involved lethal responses from both officers and residents, with five monkeys killed by law officers and two monkeys shot by civilians who said they were protecting families.
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The last monkey on the loose among several that escaped after a Mississippi highway crash has been found and captured
The last monkey on the loose among several that escaped after a Mississippi highway crash has been found and captured, authorities said Thursday. A resident who lives near the crash site called authorities to report the animal’s location and it was then “successfully recovered,” the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said in a statement to The Associated Press. It was the last monkey on the loose from the Oct. 28 crash when…
Last Monkey on the Loose Captured in Mississippi
The last monkey on the loose among several that escaped after a Mississippi highway crash has been found and captured, authorities said Thursday. A resident who lives near the crash site called authorities to report the animal's location, and it was then "successfully recovered," the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries,...
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Last monkey on the loose after Mississippi highway crash is captured after being spotted by resident
Authorities have captured the last monkey that escaped after a highway crash in Mississippi. The state Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said Thursday that a resident near the crash site reported the monkey's location.
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