{"id":3223502,"date":"2025-12-02T23:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/?p=3223502"},"modified":"2025-12-03T00:28:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:28:38","slug":"forrest-the-last-escaped-monkey-from-mississippi-highway-crash-finds-new-life-at-new-jersey-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/02\/forrest-the-last-escaped-monkey-from-mississippi-highway-crash-finds-new-life-at-new-jersey-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Forrest,&#039; the last escaped monkey from Mississippi highway crash, finds new life at New Jersey sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/primates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final monkey<\/a> who escaped from a transport van that crashed Oct. 28 on a Mississippi highway has been safely recovered and will spend the rest of his days at a New Jersey animal sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The truck flipped while hauling 21 rhesus macaque monkeys from Tulane University in New Orleans for biomedical research.<\/p>\n<p>Due to conflicting statements about the monkeys&#8217; conditions, the Jasper County Sheriff&#8217;s Office fatally shot five of the animals, with 13 remaining caged.<\/p>\n<p>Three others escaped, two of whom were shot by local residents within a week after the crash.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/343\/192\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/686\/384\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/672\/378\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1344\/756\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/931\/523\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1862\/1046\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/720\/405\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1440\/810\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20343%20192'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/monkey-3.png\" alt=\"One monkey escapee was photographed after the crash. It is unclear if it was one of the five &quot;eliminated&quot; by authorities.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><noscript><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/343\/192\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/686\/384\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/672\/378\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1344\/756\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/931\/523\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1862\/1046\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/720\/405\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1440\/810\/monkey-3.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/monkey-3.png\" alt=\"One monkey escapee was photographed after the crash. It is unclear if it was one of the five &quot;eliminated&quot; by authorities.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/monkey-3.png\" alt=\"One monkey escapee was photographed after the crash. It is unclear if it was one of the five &quot;eliminated&quot; by authorities.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"6.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><span>One monkey escapee was photographed after the crash. It is unclear if it was one of the five &#8220;eliminated&#8221; by the authorities.<\/span> <span>(Scotty Ray Report)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/truckload-aggressive-research-monkeys-escape-truck-crash-mississippi-1-still-loose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUCKLOAD OF &#8216;AGGRESSIVE&#8217; RESEARCH MONKEYS ESCAPE AFTER TRUCK CRASH IN MISSISSIPPI; 1 STILL ON THE LOOSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in Forked River, New Jersey, announced Tuesday the final monkey, who has been named Forrest, was safely rescued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Forrest&#8217;s] life changed forever after a frightening highway accident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Mississippi<\/a>,&#8221; the refuge wrote in a Facebook post. &#8220;Of the 3 remaining escapees, Forrest was the last and only one to survive, safely recovered after about a week on the run. Because he had spent so much time outside of the facility, he could not return to the research program. That\u2019s when our team stepped in to offer him lifelong sanctuary at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Officials said when Forrest arrived at the facility, he did not have a name, only a tattooed identification number, &#8220;NI 62.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/343\/192\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/686\/384\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/672\/378\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1344\/756\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/931\/523\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1862\/1046\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/720\/405\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1440\/810\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20343%20192'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/monkey-escaped.jpg\" alt=\"Diseased Rehsus monkeys being carried from Tulane University were let loose after a truck crash Tuesday.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><noscript><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/343\/192\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/686\/384\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/672\/378\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1344\/756\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/931\/523\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1862\/1046\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/720\/405\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1440\/810\/monkey-escaped.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/monkey-escaped.jpg\" alt=\"Diseased Rehsus monkeys being carried from Tulane University were let loose after a truck crash Tuesday.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/monkey-escaped.jpg\" alt=\"Diseased Rehsus monkeys being carried from Tulane University were let loose after a truck crash Tuesday.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><span>Rhesus monkeys escaped from a truck that crashed Oct. 28 in Mississippi.<\/span> <span>(Jasper County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, Mississippi)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/escaped-monkey-captured-authorities-days-after-truck-crash-flips-vehicle-mississippi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ESCAPED MONKEY CAPTURED BY AUTHORITIES DAYS AFTER TRUCK CRASH FLIPS VEHICLE IN MISSISSIPPI<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now living safely in our Monkey House, Forrest is steadily acclimating to his new home. He\u2019s getting to know his caretakers and his neighboring monkeys, slowly building trust day by day,&#8221; the organization wrote. &#8220;He has discovered a growing list of favorite foods (grapes topping the list!) and has even begun vocalizing, a good sign that he is becoming more comfortable and confident in his new surroundings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/peta-animal-rights-groups-praise-trump-admin-bucking-animal-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PETA<\/a>) senior science advisor on primate experimentation Lisa Jones-Engel told Fox News Digital Forrest&#8217;s survival is &#8220;a rare thread of mercy in a system built on violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every federal agency and laboratory needs to confront a simple truth: no monkey should need a truck crash to escape a terrible fate,&#8221; Jones-Engel wrote in a statement. &#8220;After the crash, seven were shot dead and 13 were sent on to the same miserable lives and deaths that awaited them before the wreck. Only one survived long enough to be pulled out of the pipeline\u2014a young macaque now called Forrest. His survival is a rare thread of mercy in a system built on violence. The way to prevent this horror in the future is to shut the industry down immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/343\/192\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/686\/384\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/672\/378\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1344\/756\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/931\/523\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1862\/1046\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/720\/405\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1440\/810\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20343%20192'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rehsus-monkey.jpg\" alt=\"Diseased Rehsus monkeys being carried from Tulane University were let loose after a truck crash Tuesday.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><noscript><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/343\/192\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/686\/384\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/672\/378\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1344\/756\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/931\/523\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1862\/1046\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/720\/405\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1440\/810\/rehsus-monkey.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rehsus-monkey.jpg\" alt=\"Diseased Rehsus monkeys being carried from Tulane University were let loose after a truck crash Tuesday.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rehsus-monkey.jpg\" alt=\"Diseased Rehsus monkeys being carried from Tulane University were let loose after a truck crash Tuesday.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><span>The research monkeys were aboard a truck that crashed Oct. 28 in Mississippi.<\/span> <span>(Jasper County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, Mississippi)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mississippi-mom-says-she-shot-killed-at-large-monkey-protect-her-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MISSISSIPPI MOM SAYS SHE SHOT AND KILLED AT-LARGE MONKEY TO PROTECT HER CHILDREN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital previously reported the monkeys came from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/escaped-monkeys-from-mississippi-truck-crash-puts-spotlight-nih-funded-tulane-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tulane National Primate Research Center<\/a>, which receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tulane officials said they did not own the monkeys and were not responsible for their transport.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, PETA and nonprofit organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/10m-taxpayer-funds-spent-creating-transgender-animals-last-year-nancy-mace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White Coat Waste Project<\/a> called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to halt NIH funding for the expensive and morally controversial primate testing.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC later agreed to phase out all experiments on monkeys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/343\/192\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/686\/384\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/672\/378\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1344\/756\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/931\/523\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1862\/1046\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/720\/405\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1440\/810\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20343%20192'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg\" alt=\"People wearing protective clothing search along a highway in Heidelberg, Miss., on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, near the site of an overturned truck that was carrying research monkeys.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><noscript><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/343\/192\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/686\/384\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/672\/378\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1344\/756\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" 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alt=\"People wearing protective clothing search along a highway in Heidelberg, Miss., on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, near the site of an overturned truck that was carrying research monkeys.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/monkey-escape-mississippi.jpg\" alt=\"People wearing protective clothing search along a highway in Heidelberg, Miss., on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, near the site of an overturned truck that was carrying research monkeys.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><span>People in protective clothing search along a highway in Heidelberg, Miss., Oct. 29, near the site of an overturned truck that was carrying research monkeys.<\/span> <span>(AP Photo\/Sophie Bates)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Champagne corks are popping&nbsp;inside PETA&#8217;s headquarters today as it celebrates a tremendous victory for animals&nbsp;and for science,&#8221; PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital after the announcement. &#8220;PETA thanks the administration for taking this decisive, long awaited action\u2014one we\u2019ve pressed for nonstop and that reflects what the undeniable evidence that experiments on monkeys aren\u2019t helping humans one iota, as the four-decade&nbsp;failed effort&nbsp;to create a marketable HIV vaccine has shown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guillermo added that for years, endangered and often infected&nbsp;long-tailed macaques have been funneled into U.S. laboratories.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CDC\u2019s own data shows&nbsp;monkeys arriving with tuberculosis, melioidosis, and other pathogens,&nbsp;weak testing protocols,&nbsp;and a supply chain riddled with escapes, disease lapses, and regulatory failures,&#8221; she said. &#8220;PETA is calling on the administration to build on this breakthrough: shut down the primate centers, end the monkey-import pipeline, and move every federal agency toward&nbsp;state-of-the-art, human-relevant science.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The CDC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\" readability=\"10.5\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\" readability=\"16\">\n<p>Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.<\/p>\n<p>She has covered major national crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder terror attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!<br \/>\n The final monkey who escaped from a transport van that crashed Oct. 28 on a Mississippi highway has been safely recovered and will spend the rest of his days at a New Jersey animal sanctuary.The truck flipped while hauling 21 rhesus macaque monkeys from Tulane University in New Orleans for biomedical research.Due to conflicting statements about the monkeys&#8217; conditions, the Jasper County Sheriff&#8217;s Office fatally shot five of the animals, with 13 remaining caged.Three others escaped, two of whom were shot by local residents within a week after the crash. One monkey escapee was photographed after the crash. It is unclear if it was one of the five &#8220;eliminated&#8221; by the authorities. (Scotty Ray Report)TRUCKLOAD OF &#8216;AGGRESSIVE&#8217; RESEARCH MONKEYS ESCAPE AFTER TRUCK CRASH IN MISSISSIPPI; 1 STILL ON THE LOOSEThe Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in Forked River, New Jersey, announced Tuesday the final monkey, who has been named Forrest, was safely rescued.&#8221;[Forrest&#8217;s] life changed forever after a frightening highway accident in Mississippi,&#8221; the refuge wrote in a Facebook post. &#8220;Of the 3 remaining escapees, Forrest was the last and only one to survive, safely recovered after about a week on the run. Because he had spent so much time outside of the facility, he could not return to the research program. That\u2019s when our team stepped in to offer him lifelong sanctuary at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge.&#8221;Officials said when Forrest arrived at the facility, he did not have a name, only a tattooed identification number, &#8220;NI 62.&#8221; Rhesus monkeys escaped from a truck that crashed Oct. 28 in Mississippi. (Jasper County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, Mississippi)ESCAPED MONKEY CAPTURED BY AUTHORITIES DAYS AFTER TRUCK CRASH FLIPS VEHICLE IN MISSISSIPPI&#8221;Now living safely in our Monkey House, Forrest is steadily acclimating to his new home. He\u2019s getting to know his caretakers and his neighboring monkeys, slowly building trust day by day,&#8221; the organization wrote. &#8220;He has discovered a growing list of favorite foods (grapes topping the list!) and has even begun vocalizing, a good sign that he is becoming more comfortable and confident in his new surroundings.&#8221;People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) senior science advisor on primate experimentation Lisa Jones-Engel told Fox News Digital Forrest&#8217;s survival is &#8220;a rare thread of mercy in a system built on violence.&#8221;&#8221;Every federal agency and laboratory needs to confront a simple truth: no monkey should need a truck crash to escape a terrible fate,&#8221; Jones-Engel wrote in a statement. &#8220;After the crash, seven were shot dead and 13 were sent on to the same miserable lives and deaths that awaited them before the wreck. Only one survived long enough to be pulled out of the pipeline\u2014a young macaque now called Forrest. His survival is a rare thread of mercy in a system built on violence. The way to prevent this horror in the future is to shut the industry down immediately.&#8221; The research monkeys were aboard a truck that crashed Oct. 28 in Mississippi. (Jasper County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, Mississippi)MISSISSIPPI MOM SAYS SHE SHOT AND KILLED AT-LARGE MONKEY TO PROTECT HER CHILDRENFox News Digital previously reported the monkeys came from the Tulane National Primate Research Center, which receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).\u00a0Tulane officials said they did not own the monkeys and were not responsible for their transport.Following the incident, PETA and nonprofit organization White Coat Waste Project called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to halt NIH funding for the expensive and morally controversial primate testing.The CDC later agreed to phase out all experiments on monkeys. People in protective clothing search along a highway in Heidelberg, Miss., Oct. 29, near the site of an overturned truck that was carrying research monkeys. (AP Photo\/Sophie Bates)&#8221;Champagne corks are popping\u00a0inside PETA&#8217;s headquarters today as it celebrates a tremendous victory for animals\u00a0and for science,&#8221; PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital after the announcement. &#8220;PETA thanks the administration for taking this decisive, long awaited action\u2014one we\u2019ve pressed for nonstop and that reflects what the undeniable evidence that experiments on monkeys aren\u2019t helping humans one iota, as the four-decade\u00a0failed effort\u00a0to create a marketable HIV vaccine has shown.&#8221;CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPGuillermo added that for years, endangered and often infected\u00a0long-tailed macaques have been funneled into U.S. laboratories.\u00a0&#8220;CDC\u2019s own data shows\u00a0monkeys arriving with tuberculosis, melioidosis, and other pathogens,\u00a0weak testing protocols,\u00a0and a supply chain riddled with escapes, disease lapses, and regulatory failures,&#8221; she said. &#8220;PETA is calling on the administration to build on this breakthrough: shut down the primate centers, end the monkey-import pipeline, and move every federal agency toward\u00a0state-of-the-art, human-relevant science.&#8221;The CDC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3223504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3223502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3223502"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223509,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3223502\/revisions\/3223509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3223504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3223502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3223502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3223502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}