Overview
- State wildlife officials confirmed two of the three missing rhesus macaques were recovered deceased, leaving one still unaccounted for a week after the I-59 crash near Heidelberg.
- The Jasper County sheriff said a civilian shot a monkey crossing a highway on Tuesday, days after a Heidelberg homeowner fatally shot another on her property.
- Authorities are asking residents to report sightings and to keep their distance, noting rhesus macaques can be aggressive.
- Tulane’s primate research center said the monkeys are not infectious and stated the university did not handle the transport, while PreLabs has said it owned the animals involved.
- Thirteen surviving monkeys from the overturned truck were delivered to their intended destination as the Mississippi Highway Patrol continues investigating the crash.