(KPEL-FM) – A public warning has been issued after a transport truck carrying lab monkeys from Tulane University was involved in a crash, resulting in some of the monkeys escaping.
UPDATE– The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department has released a statement via Tulane University. It states the monkeys aren’t infectious. Law enforcement on the scene were initially told by the driver of the truck that the monkeys carried COVID, hepatitis C, and herpes.
Tulane reached out to us with this statement on the situation as well.
From Tulane University –…