Words appear as they roll the dice: This will not be an easy mission.
Monkeys slow the expedition.
Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard toldCBS Newsthat an employee inadvertently didnt secure the door to the monkeys enclosure.
Rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) in Dindigul, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India, on May 15, 2022.Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto/Getty Images
Its really like follow-the-leader, Westergaard said.
You see one go and the others go.
It was a group of 50, and seven stayed behind and 43 bolted out the door.
Peek said that Conlees drive to do more led her to a career in advocacy.
This article was updated on Nov. 7 at 8:35 p.m.
ET to include statements from Kathleen Conlee and Kirsten Peek of the Humane Society.
