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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This is murder in cold blood! That scared poor monkey was totally innocent! That sadistic evil woman belongs in jail for the rest of her useless life!!!
Poor monkeys went from one hell hole to another ….Just leave them be back in their natural habitat.
What a waste based on inaccurate information. The woman should of called authorities instead of taking its life.
She may have done that monkey a favor. Those poor creatures were being shipped from one torture chamber to another. I’ve Iearned this site doesn’t aIIow Iinks, or I’d show you what kind of Iife that is.
And those white coated demons teII peopIe (and the seIf centered ones buy it), that their sadistic experiments are heIping to save their Iives. The truth is hidden, for $$$$$. But you can Iook up CIVIS, and The International Congress of Doctors Against Vivisection to start Iearning that these atrocities are not just horrificaIIy crueI, but compIeteIy unscientific.
What a waste based on inaccurate information. The woman should of called authorities instead of taking its life.
Stop animal testing and this stops too. RIP little monkeys I am so sorry we as humans suck.
This information was later refuted as false by Tulane University officials, where the monkeys had been housed.
Here is a summary of the facts:
Misinformation: The driver of the truck mistakenly told local law enforcement that the monkeys were dangerous, aggressive, and infected with the diseases, likely leading to the initial public warnings.
Actual Health Status: Tulane University issued a statement clarifying that the primates “are not infectious,” had “not been exposed to any infectious agent,” and had recently received checkups confirming they were pathogen-free.
Behavior: Rhesus macaques, the species of monkey involved, can be aggressive to humans, which is a known characteristic of the species, but this is a behavioral trait, not an infection status.
Outcome: Due to the initial belief that the monkeys were diseased and dangerous, several of the escaped animals were shot and killed by authorities and a local