Police: 2 charged after dead monkey found in hot parked car
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee say two people face charges after officers found a dead monkey inside a hot car parked outside of a waterpark.
According to the Sevierville Police Department, officers on Wednesday found the dead nine-week old marmoset monkey and a five-week old monkey that was alive in the car parked at Soaky Mountain Waterpark after the facility´s management notified police.
Police say the other monkey was taken to an animal hospital and was very dehydrated but improving.
One of the monkeys´ owners is charged with aggravated animal cruelty and the other with animal cruelty. Both are from Indiana.
Police say additional charges are possible and the investigation is ongoing.
