(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.

Tulane has cautioned that any of the escaped monkeys "should be shot on sight".

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 -

"Non-human primates at the Tulane National Biomedical Research Center are provided to other research organizations to advance scientific discovery. The primates in q

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