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St. Louis Confirms Multiple Vervet Monkeys Loose Near O'Fallon Park

City health leaders have enlisted trained teams to locate the animals for safe capture, with plans to place them at a certified facility.

A vervet monkey sits in a tree on July 19, 2010, in the Edeni Game Reserve, South Africa. Edeni is a 21,000-acre wilderness area with an abundance of game and birdlife located near Kruger National Park in South Africa.
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Overview

  • Officials say they cannot confirm a precise count, only that more than one animal is at large.
  • Animal Care & Control officers searched O'Fallon Park on Thursday and Friday without success.
  • A St. Louis Zoo primate expert identified the animals as vervet, or green, monkeys.
  • The city has engaged trained partner agencies to capture the monkeys and plans to place them at a certified exotic-animal facility.
  • Residents are urged not to approach or attempt capture because the monkeys may be unpredictable under stress, and to report sightings to Animal Care & Control.