Overview
- City health officials ended active field operations Monday and shifted from investigation to enforcing the wild-animal ordinance.
- More than one vervet monkey remains at large, with unverified reports suggesting up to four on the city’s north side.
- Primate experts from the St. Louis Zoo are assisting, and residents are urged not to approach the animals.
- AI-generated images and false social posts have muddied verification, and social media content is not being used in the response.
- Residents should report firsthand sightings to the City of St. Louis Citizens’ Service Bureau; private ownership of monkeys is illegal and the animals’ origin is unknown.