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Monkeys
Mexico's brutal heat wave may have killed hundreds of howler monkeys, said veterinarians and rescuers.
One Indianapolis official said Animal Care Services dealt with the primate one other time when he had escaped from his owner in July.
The U.N. health agency said it's discussing renaming the virus.
The monkeys who target children and the elderly are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into nursery schools.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
All 100 of the cynomolgus macaque monkeys have been accounted for, but three were euthanized.
Long live Yakei, first of her name.
The Barbary macaques spent the day lolling in the sun near a forest before being recaptured.
The animal rights groupPeople for Ethical Treatment of Animalslobbied retailers not to sell coconut milk allegedly harvested by chained primates.
The trio of older women and their air guns have won lots of fans on Twitter.
Eyewitnesses reportedly saw one of the monkeys chewing on a sample collection kit at the top of a tree.