Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jasper County Sheriff's Department in Mississippi revealed that three "aggressive" and infected monkeys escaped from a truck ...

Three monkeys that escaped from a truck in Mississippi on Tuesday morning are still on the loose, although others have been destroyed, officials said. Officers said they were told that the monkeys ...

A second monkey that escaped from a transport truck last week was fatally shot along a Mississippi highway early Tuesday morning as authorities warned that one more primate is still at large. A truck ...

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Initial information from the sheriff’s office said the monkeys were said to be carrying hepatitis C, herpes and COVID. They were described as 40 pounds and “aggressive” to humans, requiring personal ...

A truck carrying rhesus monkeys crashed in Jasper County, Mississippi, leaving three missing. Initial reports from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department suggested the monkeys carried infectious ...

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JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) – Several monkeys used for animal testing were shot and killed after a truck carrying them overturned in Mississippi on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Jasper ...