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3 Lab Monkeys Escape in Mississippi In An Accident: What Were They Used For And Do They Pose Health Threat?

A group of research lab monkeys escaped captivity in Mississippi as the truck carrying them overturned on Tuesday. The monkeys were on their way to a Tulane University research center in New Orleans ...
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Federal citations renew scrutiny of California's UC Davis primate lab

"Monkeys kept in tiny cages snap, attacking their own bodies in frustration." ...
Yahoo

Lab monkeys remain on the loose in Mississippi following truck crash, as authorities correct initial reports they were carrying infections

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lab monkeys escaped from a truck in Mississippi on Tuesday. (Jasper County Sheriff's Department/Facebook) (Jasper County Sheriff's ...
The Washington Post

Mississippi truck crash frees lab monkeys, with 3 still on the loose

A crash on a highway in Mississippi gave a group of lab monkeys a taste of freedom, police said, before a mix-up over whether the primates had infectious diseases led to some of them being killed. The ...
Miami New Times

The COVID Vaccine Is Here — And We Have Monkeys to Thank

This week, U.S. healthcare workers began receiving the first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine – and we almost certainly have monkeys to thank for that. Monkeys and other nonhuman test subjects have ...
MassLive

Now-closed UMass marmoset lab euthanized its colony of monkeys

AMHERST — Researchers at a now-closed University of Massachusetts Amherst monkey laboratory that’s long been a target of animal rights activists euthanized 13 remaining marmosets in May. PETA, the ...
AOL

Frantic Search For Monkeys Comes After Tulane University Research Lab Truck Crashes

A highway crash set off a frantic search for escaped monkeys from Tulane University's research lab, and a wave of confusion over possible disease risks. The truck had been headed from New Orleans ...