The saga of a monkey named 'Boss'

[Emily]

https://www.kltv.com/2022/05/10/police-animal-control-search-missing-monkey/

Police, animal control search for missing monkey in Corrigan area

By Sevrin Lavenstein
Published: May. 10, 2022 at 5:20 PM CDT|Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 9:02 PM CDT

CORRIGAN, Texas (KTRE) - Police and Polk County Animal Control are on the lookout for an escaped Capuchin monkey in Corrigan. The support animal got away from its owner at a Corrigan Dollar General store after she bought it some water. Store manager Lawrence Jolly saw the situation unfold.
“She came and bought the bottle and said this is for my pet monkey,” said Jolly. “And so she goes outside, she feeds the monkey. The monkey bit her and took off.”
The name of the monkey is “Boss” and he is a seven-month-old support animal currently in training. Jolly says Boss took off into the woods behind the store, still wearing a white diaper it had been given by the owner...

9 days later: Video of Boss running free without his diaper:
https://www.ktre.com/video/2022/05/19/corrigan-family-spots-boss-monkey/

Corrigan family spots Boss the monkey
Published: May. 19, 2022 at 4:58 PM CDT

4 days after that, Boss is found.
https://www.ksla.com/2022/05/23/boss-monkey-found-injured-highway-287/

Boss the monkey found injured on Highway 287

By Stephanie Frazier
Published: May. 23, 2022 at 4:22 PM CDT|Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 4:26 PM CDT

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - According to the mayor of Corrigan, a missing monkey has been found.
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When officers responded, Boss was bleeding a bit from his nose, his eyes were closed, and he was very thin, Gibson said. The officer wrapped him in a towel and put water into his mouth. The monkey then opened his eyes, she said.

Officers took him via patrol car with lights and sirens to the Arena Veterinary Clinic, Gibson said. The owner met them there....

The story reports that the clinic veterinarian expects that Boss will recover. He was lucky not to be a CDC research monkey.

 

[Emily]

This is a video update about Boss. Unfortunately, his skull was found to be fractured and he has been transferred to a specialty hospital. Witnesses have come forward and said they saw a logging truck hit Boss. The woman who found him is very upset and cries when she tells about gently laying him in the police car.

https://www.ktre.com/video/2022/05/25/boss-monkey/
Boss the Monkey
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 9:55 PM CDT