HEIDELBERG, Miss. —

One of the monkeys that was still on the loose in Mississippi has been recovered.

According to the Jasper County Sheriff's Department, a homeowner near Heidelberg found one of the monkeys on their property Sunday morning. Advertisement

Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fisheries responded, and the monkey is now in their possession.

A truck transporting the monkeys from the Tulane National Biomedical Research Center overturned on Tuesday, Oct. 28, on I-59 near mile marker 117, north of Heidelberg.

Tulane issued the following statement on Wednesday:

"Nonhuman primates at the Tulane National Biomedical Research Center are provided to other research organizations to advance scientific discovery. This is a common practice among research organizations. On Oct. 28,

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