This article is adapted from an original report by NBC News St. Louis. All quoted material appears exactly as originally published and is credited to NBC News.
Officials in St. Louis are searching for multiple primates that have been roaming near a city park for several days, according to Missouri’s Department of Health.
The primates — identified by an expert from the St. Louis Zoo as vervet monkeys — were last confirmed to be in or around O’Fallon Park. Early reports suggested four monkeys were involved, but state officials later clarified the situation…