Anonymous ID: 63d006 Sept. 17, 2018, 9:43 a.m. No.3057853   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7873 >>7889 >>7935 >>7953 >>8118 >>8254 >>8323 >>8326

Research lab monkey ESCAPES its enclosure after 'cage failure' at University of Louisiana

A monkey escaped its enclosure at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette

The animal was reported missing Saturday from the New Iberia Research Center

Officials said in a statement the monkey, a Rhesus macaque, escaped because of 'a cage failure'

Anyone with information on its whereabouts is asked to call 337-201-0105 or 337-281-4075 and warned not to approach the animal

 

Officials at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette said Sunday a monkey that lives in its research institute escaped its enclosure over the weekend and has yet to be found.

 

The university said in a Facebook statement the monkey was first reported missing Saturday from the New Iberia Research Center.

 

The animal escaped because of 'a cage failure,' the statement said.

 

'The monkey is a young Rhesus macaque weighing approximately 12 poundsโ€ฆ it is part of a breeding group and carries no transmissible disease.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6174791/University-Louisiana-Lafayette-research-lab-monkey-escapes-cage.html

Anonymous ID: 63d006 Sept. 17, 2018, 9:50 a.m. No.3057953   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

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New Iberia Research Center.

Clinical Pathology diagnostic support is centrally located in a 12,000 square foot, controlled access laboratory. Diagnostic support capabilities include hematology, chemistry, coagulation, microbiology, urinalysis, parasitology and histology.

 

There are over 6,800 non-human primates housed at the Center which makes NIRC one of the largest primate center in the US.

 

https://nirc.louisiana.edu/about-us