JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A biomedical research organization has taken ownership of the monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck on I-59 in Jasper County on October 28.

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PreLabs, LLC, released a statement to WDAM 7 confirming that a transport vehicle was transporting monkeys that they owned. According to PreLabs, the monkeys “were being lawfully transported in compliance with all federal and state regulations to a licensed research facility.”

The organization also said that monkeys were not infected with COVID-19, hepatitis, or herpes as had been previously reported. “This is documented by the supplier’s veterinary health certificate as well as confirmed by third-party testing and diagnost

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