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Authorities in Mississippi said a second monkey was shot and killed a week after they escaped from an overturned truck.

Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson said an individual shot the monkey after seeing it cross a highway on Monday. It was found around a mile from the site of a truck crash involving 21 rhesus monkeys in Heidelberg, Mississippi.

In a news release, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said one monkey is still unaccounted for. The Oct. 28 crash led to the escape of eight monkeys from the truck. Five of the eight monkeys were recovered at the scene of the crash.

Another monkey was killed on Sunday by a mother who feared it posed a threat to her children and people who live nearby.

ESCAPED MONKEYS FROM MI

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