Escaped Monkeys Cause Chaos Amid Miscommunication and Ongoing Search
TL;DR
Five monkeys were euthanized after escaping from a truck that overturned in Mississippi; they were wrongly believed to be infected with Covid-19 and other diseases due to misinformation from the driver, while three other monkeys remained at large.
- Deputies Put Down 5 Escaped Monkeys They Were Wrongly Told Had Covid The New York Times
- Escaped monkeys 'destroyed' after Mississippi police are mistakenly told they're a danger NBC News
- Number of escaped monkeys still missing rises to three after Jasper County truck crash WAPT
- USDA records show just one critical violation at Tulane research lab since 2014 WLBT
- Officials searching for escaped research monkeys Yahoo
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