Jasper County, Mississippi – On Sunday, a Mississippi mom shot and killed one of the three Rhesus monkeys who was still on the loose after last Tuesday’s crash along Interstate 59, outside of Heidelberg, Mississippi. Jessica Bond Ferguson told The Associated Press that her 16-year-old son spotted the monkey, and she decided to get her gun.
The 35-year-old mother of five feared for her children’s safety and fired at the monkey, killing it. She explained, “I did what any other mother would do to protect her children.”
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department killed several monkeys who escaped from the wrecked trailer after being told by the transport driver that the monkeys were infected with diseases, including Covid and herpes. Later, the authorities learned that the monkeys were not actually infected with diseases.
Without noting that a missing monkey had been killed, the Sheriff’s Department confirmed that it was found on Sunday in a social media post.
Initial reports stated that the monkeys belonged to Tulane University. The university later clarified that they did not own the monkeys and were not responsible for their transport. As reported by CNN, the monkeys had been housed at the Tulane University National Biomedical Research Center in New Orleans. More than a dozen of the monkeys on last week’s transport did make it to their final destination. On the day of the accident, the authorities killed five monkeys and three got away.
No word on the whereabouts of the two remaining monkeys.
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