{"id":423594,"date":"2025-12-04T07:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T07:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/423594\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T07:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T07:10:12","slug":"monkey-that-previously-escaped-from-mississippi-truck-now-sheltered-in-nj-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/423594\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkey that previously escaped from Mississippi truck now sheltered in NJ wildlife refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A monkey who spent several days on the lam <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/29\/us-news\/innocent-monkeys-killed-after-mississippi-cops-were-mistakenly-told-they-were-dangerous-with-covid-and-stds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after escaping from a truck<\/a> that crashed on a rural Mississippi highway earlier this year now has a permanent home at a New Jersey wildlife refuge.<\/p>\n<p>Forrest, a young adult rhesus macaque, was among 21 monkeys being transported for biomedical research when the truck they were in overturned Oct. 28 on Interstate 59, just north of Heidelberg.<\/p>\n<p>Five monkeys were killed as law officers searched for them in the immediate aftermath of the crash. <\/p>\n<p>Forrest was among 21 monkeys that were in the overturned truck. AP<\/p>\n<p>Video from officers\u2019 body cameras showed a chaotic scene as monkeys that escaped from their wooden crates dashed around the grassy interstate median, with some running toward cars and semitrailers on the interstate.<\/p>\n<p>Forrest and two other monkeys eluded officers at the crash site and eventually escaped. <\/p>\n<p>Forrest and two other monkeys escaped following the crash. Popcorn Park Animal Refuge<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/04\/us-news\/2nd-monkey-that-escaped-from-overturned-transport-truck-gunned-down-in-mississippi-1-more-still-on-the-loose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The other two were later shot and killed by civilians<\/a>, who said they were protecting their families and neighborhoods, while Forrest spent about a week on the run before being spotted by a resident who lives near the crash scene. <\/p>\n<p>He was captured by workers from one of the companies that had been transporting the truckload of monkeys, officials have said.<\/p>\n<p>Residents had been told not to approach the Rhesus monkeys, saying they are known to be aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>He was captured by workers from one of the companies that had been transporting the truckload of monkeys. Popcorn Park Animal Refuge<\/p>\n<p>In search of a new home, Forrest was recently relocated to the nonprofit Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in Lacey Township, NJ.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Officials there say he has steadily acclimated himself to his new surroundings and gradually built trust with his caretakers. His diet includes a commercial animal kibble, grapes and peanuts.<\/p>\n<p>The animal refuge is seeking donations to help fund the monkey\u2019s care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A monkey who spent several days on the lam after escaping from a truck that crashed on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":423595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3425,773,31650,401,159,67,132,68,1154,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-423594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-mississippi","10":"tag-monkeys","11":"tag-new-jersey","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-us-news","17":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115660051167700452","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}