Search for Missing Monkey Ends
Yerkes National Primate Research Center has called off the search for a monkey which went missing in June.
The search for a missing monkey has officially been called off. The Yerkes National Primate Research Center has ended the search for the Rhesus monkey which went missing from its Lawrenceville facility in June. Dr. Stuart Zola, director of the center, said staff at Yerkes did all they could to find the monkey. Including searching the facility numerous times, recounting the animals, and following up on 26 calls to the Gwinnett County Animal Control of reported sightings of the monkey. Zola also noted Yerkes will continue to enhance operations to prevent this from happening again. These changes include using additional microchip technology that will make it easier for researchers to track the animals more frequently and efficiently. They …
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Darla Dixon
4:40 pm on Monday, August 22, 2011
Poor little guy. more ›