Overview
- After a truck transporting 21 rhesus macaques overturned near Heidelberg, multiple animals escaped into the area.
- Homeowner Jessica Bond Ferguson told the Associated Press she shot a monkey in her yard Sunday, and state wildlife officials collected the animal.
- Tulane University says the primates were not owned or transported by the university and recent checks showed they were not exposed to infectious agents.
- Officials account for 13 monkeys delivered to their destination and five dead during the response, with two still unaccounted for.
- Searches continue and investigators are reviewing the crash and early disease warnings reportedly given by the truck’s occupant.