How many monkeys are loose in Mississippi?

What are rhesus monkeys and where are they from?

Can rhesus monkeys survive in Mississippi?

What should I do if I see a monkey in Mississippi?

A truck transporting rhesus macaques, often called rhesus monkeys, overturned while traveling on Interstate 59 near Heidelberg on Tuesday and several of the primates escaped, but who owns the monkeys, why they were in Mississippi and what their status is remains unclear .

The Jasper County Sheriff's Office made several posts on social media regarding the incident on Tuesday. Initially, the department stated the animals were infected with herpes, hepatitis C and COVID-19 . The department reported the animals were being transported from Tulane University and several had escaped.

The department later

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