US EditionMississippi woman kills escaped monkey fearing for her children’s safety
A woman shot one of 21 escaped rhesus monkeys after a truck overturned, fearing the animal's aggression and the risk to her children, officials said.
- Jessica Bond Ferguson, a 35-year-old mother of five, shot an escaped monkey early Sunday near Heidelberg after the animal had been housed at Tulane University's National Biomedical Research Center and the truck overturned Tuesday on Interstate 59.
- Local warnings said escaped monkeys carried diseases, Mississippi Department of Wildlife described Rhesus macaques as aggressive needing neutralization, while Tulane University clarified it did not own them and confirmed they were pathogen-free Wednesday.
- Bond Ferguson said her 16-year-old son alerted her early Sunday, she called police before going outside and saw the monkey about 60 feet away, citing concern for neighborhood children.
- The Jasper County Sheriff's Office confirmed a homeowner encountered a monkey and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks took possession, with five killed and three remaining loose before Sunday.
- Investigators say the Mississippi Highway Patrol is probing a crash about 100 miles from Jackson amid confusion about monkey ownership; of 21 monkeys in the truck, 13 were recovered last week, and Tulane University animal care experts assisted, noting rhesus monkeys weigh about 16 pounds.
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A Mississippi mother took swift, decisive action to protect her family, and this isn’t about protecting them from screens, but about real dangers. She shot and killed a research monkey that had escaped a transport truck crash the previous week and wandered onto her property near Heidelberg. This whole situation sounds absolutely terrifying, and you can’t blame Jessica Bond Ferguson for putting her children’s safety first when faced with an unkno…
I did what any mother would have done to protect her children. I shot, but the animal remained still. I fired again, moved backwards and then fell. It is the raw and direct story of Jessica Bond Ferguson, a mother of five children of Heidelberg, Mississippi, who on Sunday morning killed one of the Rhesus monkeys escaped days earlier from a truck overturned on Interstate 59. A quiet Sunday morning turned into a moment of high tension in a residen…
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