Mississippi Mom Kills Escaped Monkey

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Jessica Bond Ferguson feared for the security of her youngsters and neighbors when the monkey was noticed in her yard

An escaped monkey was killed by a Mississippi lady, Jessica Bond Ferguson, after one in every of her youngsters knowledgeable her that it was operating within the yard exterior of their house.

Based on The Related Press, Bond Ferguson went inside her house to seize a firearm out of worry that the animal would possibly assault one in every of her youngsters. As soon as she went exterior the home, after grabbing a gun and a cell phone, she seen the monkey operating about 60 ft away. Considering of the security of her youngsters and neighbors, she shot on the monkey, and she or he mentioned it simply stood there, so she fired once more. This time, the monkey was hit and he fell to the bottom.

“I did what another mom would do to guard her youngsters,” Bond Ferguson informed the media outlet. “I shot at it and it simply stood there, and I shot once more, and he backed up and that’s when he fell.”

The incident came about close to Heidelberg, Mississippi.

Bond Ferguson said that earlier than the taking pictures, she and different individuals within the space have been warned about monkeys that escaped from a truck that had crashed. They have been informed that the animals carried ailments. Reflecting on the warning prompted her to guard her youngsters.

“If it attacked someone’s child, and I may have stopped it, that may be so much on me,” mentioned Bond Ferguson. “It’s form of scary and harmful that they're operating round, and other people have youngsters taking part in of their yards.”

The Fb web page of the Jasper County Sheriff’s Division alerted residents in regards to the accident involving the transport of Rehsus monkeys from Tulane College.

“On 10/28/25, a wreck occurred on I-59 close to mile marker 117. This was a truck carrying Rhesus monkeys from Tulane College. The monkeys are roughly 40lbs, they're aggressive to people, and so they require PPE to deal with. The monkeys carry hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID. Tulane College has been notified and can ship a staff to select up the monkeys tomorrow (those which might be nonetheless caged).”

A truck carrying the monkeys overturned on Oct. 28 on a freeway. There have been reportedly 21 monkeys within the truck. 13 of them have been found on the accident scene and brought to their vacation spot, in accordance with Tulane College. 5 of the monkeys have been killed within the hunt for them, and three have been nonetheless unaccounted for. Earlier than transport, the monkeys have been housed on the Tulane College Nationwide Biomedical Analysis Heart in New Orleans.