Mississippi truck crash frees lab monkeys
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Aside from its status as one of the leaders in Lyme disease research, over 60% of the facility's portfolio comprises HIV/AIDS research. But the the center has sparked controversy over the years, too.
Southern Mississippi’s got one wild situation -- an aggressive disease-carrying monkey busted loose after a truck hauling primates flipped over.
Three other rhesus monkeys were still on the loose as of Wednesday after the truck carrying them rolled over on a highway in Mississippi, law enforcement officials said.
The mystery behind why five monkeys were killed by police after a truck carrying the primates overturned in Mississippi has been solved -- and TMZ has the full scoop!