[metmom]

"I walk up back on the hill and this guy tells me, 'Oh, he's hauling cats. I said, 'oh.' So I go over to look in the crate and there's this green cloth over it. So I peel it back, I stick my finger in there and go 'kitty, kitty.' It pops its head up and it's a monkey," Fallon said.

Fallon was contacted Saturday by the CDC and was told to monitor herself for any cold-like symptoms.

She shared the letter from the CDC with Newswatch 16; it reads in part that, "the surviving monkeys will be quarantined and will be monitored for infectious diseases for at least 31 days before their release."

Terrific…….

The CDC doesn’t do things for no reason.

[kiryandil]

So I peel it back, I stick my finger in there and go 'kitty, kitty.'

Don't pet the bison.

[Jamestown1630]

Kind of a strange story.

A person quoted in the article said, 'A little 3-pound monkey doesn't scare me, but why are they so concerned about it is what concerns me,'

I guess they quarantine the little guys for good reasons :-)

What isn't specified is the purpose for which the monkeys were sent here and intended in the first place.

At least all we've had to deal with here in Maryland are renegade giraffes...

[Jane Long]

CDC tells passerby, who had close contact with their MONKEYS, to monitor herself. 😱

Nothing to see, here.

[Cowman]

That’s a precaution against herpes b infection monkeys can Cary it without symptoms but in humans it can be deadly. I used to work with NHP’s a lifetime ago