{"id":103322,"date":"2025-10-29T01:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/103322\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T01:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:40:08","slug":"law-enforcement-kills-several-monkeys-after-truck-hauling-them-overturns-in-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/103322\/","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcement kills several monkeys after truck hauling them overturns in Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) &#8211; A truck hauling monkeys overturned in Mississippi on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to authorities, the Rhesus monkeys were on their way to a testing facility in Florida after being at Tulane University.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Law enforcement kills several monkeys after truck hauling them overturns in Mississippi \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/5B4T6OKZ7FAX3EDIUVJYNNJBQQ.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1306\" \/>Law enforcement kills several monkeys after truck hauling them overturns in Mississippi (Jasper County Sheriff&#8217;s Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">In a statement, Tulane University said \u201cthe primates&#8230; are not infectious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Authorities said the driver of the truck carrying the monkeys told law enforcement that the monkeys \u201cwere dangerous\u201d and \u201cposed a threat to humans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Authorities say they took the appropriate actions after being given that information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Jasper County Sheriff\u2019s Office said all of the escaped monkeys, except for one, \u201chave been destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The sheriff\u2019s department is still looking for one of the monkeys that is still on the loose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks is on site with local law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The incident happened on I-59 near mile marker 117, which is north of Heidelberg, Mississippi. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Read Tulane University\u2019s full statement below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Non-human primates at the Tulane National Biomedical Research Center are provided to other research organizations to advance scientific discovery. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The primates in question belong to another entity and are not infectious. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">We are actively collaborating with local authorities and will send a team of animal care experts to assist as needed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Want more WLBT news in your inbox? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbt.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to subscribe to our newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammar error in our story? 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