The final monkey who escaped from a transport van that crashed Oct. 28 on a Mississippi highway has been safely recovered and will spend the rest of his days at a New Jersey animal sanctuary.

The truck flipped while hauling 21 rhesus macaque monkeys from Tulane University in New Orleans for biomedical research.

Due to conflicting statements about the monkeys’ conditions, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office fatally shot five of the animals, with 13 remaining caged.

Three others escaped, two of whom were shot by local residents within a week after the crash.

TRUCKLOAD OF ‘AGGRESSIVE’ RESEARCH MONKEYS ESCAPE AFTER TRUCK CRASH IN MISSISSIPPI; 1 STILL ON THE LOOSE

The Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in Forked River, New Jersey, announced Tuesday the final monkey, who has been named Forrest, was safely rescued.

“[Forrest’s] life changed forever after a frightening highway accident in Mississippi,” the refuge wrote in a Facebook post. “Of the 3 remaining escapees, Forrest was the last and only one to survive, safely recovered after about a week on the run. Because he had spent so much time outside of the facility, he could not return to the research program. That’s when our team stepped in to offer him lifelong sanctuary at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge.”

Officials said when Forrest arrived at the facility, he did not have a name, only a tattooed identification number, “NI 62.”

ESCAPED MONKEY CAPTURED BY AUTHORITIES DAYS AFTER TRUCK CRASH FLIPS VEHICLE IN MISSISSIPPI

“Now living safely in our Monkey House, Forrest is steadily acclimating to his new home. He’s getting to know his caretakers and his neighboring monkeys, slowly building trust day by day,” the organization wrote. “He has discovered a growing list of favorite foods (grapes topping the list!) and has even begun vocalizing, a good sign that he is becoming more comfortable and confident in his new surroundings.”

Lisa Jones-Engel, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) senior science advisor on primate experimentation, told Fox News Digital Forrest’s survival is “a rare thread of mercy in a system built on violence.”

“Every federal agency and laboratory needs to confront a simple truth: No monkey should need a truck crash to escape a terrible fate,” Jones-Engel wrote in a statement. “After the crash, seven were shot dead and 13 were sent on to the same miserable lives and deaths that awaited them before the wreck. Only one survived long enough to be pulled out of the pipeline— a young macaque now called Forrest. His survival is a rare thread of mercy in a system built on violence. The way to prevent this horror in the future is to shut the industry down immediately.”

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Fox News Digital previously reported the monkeys came from the Tulane National Primate Research Center, which receives funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

Tulane officials said they did not own the monkeys and were not responsible for their transport.

Following the incident, PETA and nonprofit organization White Coat Waste Project called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to halt NIH funding for the expensive and morally controversial primate testing.

The CDC later agreed to phase out all experiments on monkeys.

“Champagne corks are popping inside PETA’s headquarters today as it celebrates a tremendous victory for animals and for science,” PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo wrote in a statement to Fox News Digital after the announcement. “PETA thanks the administration for taking this decisive, long awaited action — one we’ve pressed for nonstop and that reflects what the undeniable evidence that experiments on monkeys aren’t helping humans one iota, as the four-decade failed effort to create a marketable HIV vaccine has shown.”

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Guillermo added that, for years, endangered and often infected long-tailed macaques have been funneled into U.S. laboratories. 

“CDC’s own data shows monkeys arriving with tuberculosis, melioidosis and other pathogens, weak testing protocols and a supply chain riddled with escapes, disease lapses and regulatory failures,” she said. “PETA is calling on the administration to build on this breakthrough: Shut down the primate centers, end the monkey-import pipeline and move every federal agency toward state-of-the-art, human-relevant science.”

The CDC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

A Connecticut man is facing charges as Boston police allege he was part of a crowd responsible for igniting a police cruiser with fireworks during an Oct. 5 street takeover in the South End. 

David Antonio Moran, 19, of Norwalk, was arrested early Thursday morning, a Boston Police Department spokesperson told reporters. Moran — also known as David Moran-Chavez — was apprehended “as a result of a painstaking investigation,” the spokesperson said. 

He is charged with conspiracy, burning a motor vehicle, unlawful possession of fireworks, and disturbing the peace in connection with the early morning takeover at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Tremont Street. 

The Boston Police Department is expected to address local media and share further details at 2:30 p.m.

The chaotic incident was one of several street takeovers in Eastern Massachusetts that morning, with large crowds shutting down streets in multiple communities as drivers performed high-speed stunts and spectators looked on. Gov. Maura Healey responded with the announcement of a $14 million safety grant, expressing “zero tolerance” for the meetups. 

“It poses a real significant threat to public safety and certainly harms quality of life in our neighborhoods and communities,” she said in October. 

Moran will appear in a Connecticut courthouse, where he will be charged as a fugitive from justice. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney who could comment on his behalf. 

Boston police previously arrested two Rhode Island teens in connection with the South End street takeover; one of them was allegedly seen throwing objects at police officers, while the other was purportedly spotted striking a cruiser with a pole. 

“Boston Police officers and detectives methodically identified and followed evidence related to this street takeover,” the department spokesperson said Thursday. “BPD worked with several law enforcement partners in the Bay State, and received tremendous support from private citizens and businesses via video and information sharing and we thank them all.”

The department encouraged anyone with information, photos, or videos to contact Boston police detectives at 617-343-5619 or provide an anonymous tip at BPDnews.com/CrimeStoppers.

Abby Patkin is a general assignment news reporter whose work touches on public transit, crime, health, and everything in between.