Overview
- Authorities say a pickup transporting 21 rhesus macaques overturned on I‑59 near Heidelberg on Oct. 28, scattering animals and crates.
- Five monkeys were killed during the immediate response, and 13 that remained caged were secured and returned to their owner.
- Jessica Bond Ferguson told the Associated Press she fatally shot one loose macaque on Sunday after seeing it about 60 feet from her home.
- In a separate incident reported by local officials, a homeowner’s call led wildlife officers to take another escaped monkey into custody.
- Two monkeys remain missing as state wildlife officials and the Mississippi Highway Patrol continue the search and investigate the crash and response.