🚨 BREAKING: Truck hauling ‘aggressive’ monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes & COVID overturns in Mississippi
Sheriff says all but one of the animals have been “destroyed.” pic.twitter.com/L9ss4ylJof
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A truck hauling “aggressive” monkeys thought to be carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid-19 has overturned in Mississippi, with at least one on the loose, according to authorities.
The truck was loaded with caged Rehsus monkeys when it crashed on Interstate 59, north of Heidelberg, on Tuesday.
It was transporting the monkeys to a testing facility in Florida, Connecticut news outlet WFSB reported.
Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson told local outlet WAPT that 21 monkeys were on the truck, six of whom escaped.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/truck-hauling-aggressive-monkeys-hepatitis-211859876.html
NEW – Monkeys for hepatitis C, herpes and COVID animal testing were shot and killed after a truck carrying them overturned in Mississippi. The monkeys were said to be 40 pounds and "aggressive" to humans.https://t.co/lBQpsz8NvQ
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