Two dozen rhesus monkeys broke out of the Tulane University Regional Primate Center last week and scurried for nearby woods, with workers following to recover them.
Within three days, the workers, using cage traps baited with fruit, had recaptured the monkeys and returned them to the covered outdoor corral where the animals live.
The monkeys had escaped by loosening the corral gate enough to create a space to slip through. It was the first time the monkeys had broken out of the corral en masse. Once out, the monkeys remained close together in the woods, but stayed out of sight, said Peter J. Gerone, the center’s director.
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