Monkeys Escape Cages at Research Center
Posted on: Monday, 9 August 2004, 06:00 CDT
NEW IBERIA, La. - A group of monkeys escaped from their cages at a New Iberia research center Monday.
Only one of the monkeys escaped the center's grounds and was recovered at a nearby business and by Monday evening, all of the escaped monkeys had been recaptured and put back in their cages.
The center is a primate facility run by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and breeds non-human primates and provides pre-clinical safety and evaluations of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology products.
The Rhesus monkeys, used for breeding, are small primates and weigh a few pounds. They did not pose a risk to the public, a university spokesman said.
The incident is under investigation. Officials believe the escape was the result of human error.
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