Washington: The accident in Pennsylvania from a truck carrying 100 monkeys to the laboratory allows four of them to escape, trigger search by police who warn the public not to approach animals.
This vehicle collided with garbage trucks near Danville, Pennsylvania on Friday afternoon, on the way to the laboratory in Florida.
The police said on Twitter that four money had “escaped from the crash scene to the surrounding area.” Three then arrested, but one was still loose on Saturday morning.
The local WNEP news site said the police helicopter with a thermal camera was used to track Cynomolgus monkeys, while officers on the ground used a strong flashlight.
The state police officer Pennsylvania released a picture of one primata perched on a tree from the route 54 during a frozen cold night.
A reporter said the police surrounded the monkey before the shot was fired from an unknown weapon.
“Accident update: There is still one countless monkey, but we request that no one tries to find or arrest animals,” police police said on Twitter on Saturday morning.
Cynomolgus monkeys – also known as long-tails – can cost up to up to $ 10,000 and have been in demand for research on the Coronavirus vaccine, according to the New York Times.
They can live for 30 years in captivity.