Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Only one rhesus monkey that escaped from a truck that overturned on a Mississippi highway a week ago remains on the loose, according to state wildlife officials who confirmed that two others were found deceased.
Officials in the state have been searching for the three monkeys since Oct. 28, when a truck transporting 21 of them from the Tulane National Biomedical Research Center overturned on Interstate 59, just north of Heidelberg, Miss.
Eight of the monkeys initially escaped from the vehicle, with five recovered from the crash site. A search was then launched for the missing three primates.
On Sunday, a Heidelberg homeowner found a monkey on their property, and the Jasper County Sheriff's Office said it was now in the possession of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
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