A second escaped monkey in Mississippi been shot and killed and authorities said Tuesday that they were still searching for a third. The rhesus monkeys escaped a week ago after.
A second escaped monkey in Mississippi been shot and killed and authorities said Tuesday that they were still searching for a third. The rhesus monkeys escaped a week ago after a truck overturned on Interstate 59. Someone shot the monkey after seeing it cross the highway on Monday evening about a mile from the scene of the Oct. 28 crash, Jasper County Sheriff Sheriff Randy Johnson said. Johnson said he was contacted by a person with the transport company who recovered the monkey after a civilian shot it, the AP reports.
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks confirmed Tuesday in a news release that one monkey was still unaccounted for after two of the escaped monkeys were “recovered deceased.
