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[Animals] Laboratory monkeys take advantage of a road accident to get away


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Three laboratory monkeys had escaped from a truck carrying them in the northeastern United States after a traffic accident. The truck carrying about 100 crab-eating macaques collided with a garbage truck Friday afternoon near the small town of Danville in central Pennsylvania.

 

Several monkeys "escaped from the scene of the accident and disappeared into the surrounding area," local police tweeted, urging people to stay away from the animals.

Three monkeys euthanized
In the evening of Saturday, the police reported that the 100 monkeys had been found. But local media, citing U.S. health authorities, said three of them had to be euthanized.

Local authorities did not explain why the animals were killed.

 

On Saturday morning, Pennsylvania police released a photo showing a monkey perched in a tree, dazzled by a flashlight. According to the television station WNEP, the police had surrounded the animal and then shots were heard.

The price of a crab-eating macaque, also called a long-tailed macaque, can reach $10,000. These monkeys, which are widespread in Southeast Asia, have been used extensively in Covid vaccine research, according to the New York Times. They can live 30 years in captivity.

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