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A truck carrying monkeys with Hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID crashed in Jasper County, Mississippi.

Several monkeys were destroyed, but one remains on the loose and is considered dangerous.

Tulane University will send a team to recover the remaining animals.

JASPER COUNTY, Miss. - Authorities in Mississippi said several monkeys "have been destroyed" but one is still on the loose after a truck carrying the animals crashed on Tuesday.

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In a Facebook post , the Jasper County Sheriff's Department said the Rhesus monkeys carried Hepatitis C, herpes and COVID and were deemed to be "aggressive to humans," requiring personal protective equipment to handle them.

Deputies said the truck carrying the monkeys crashed on Interstate 59 near mile marker 117.

They have been

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