Prodigal primate: A research monkey that went missing on Saturday from a center operated by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette was found this afternoon. The school announced that the Rhesus macaque was discovered missing because of a cage failure over the weekend. The monkey weighs about 12 pounds and is part of a breeding group. UL-Lafayette said the animal was seen near an arena Sunday morning and ran into some woods before he was found today. Read the full story.
Out of the bag: A cat got into a utility substation and came into contact with electrical equipment, knocking out electricity to more than 7,500 New Orleans Entergy customers, NOLA.com reports. Entergy New Orleans said on its website and in social media posts that it happened Monday morning. New Orleans news outlets said the outage happened around 8:30 a.m. Power had been fully restored by midday. The outage affected parts of the Uptown, Central City and Mid-City neighborhoods and part of the Central Business District. Read the full story.
Louisiana seasons: It’s almost time for farmers to flood crawfish ponds and get started on another season, says Mark Shirley, aquaculture specialist with the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant. But he recommends that farmers wait a few more weeks when temperatures moderate a bit before beginning to flood. “When the lows at night dip into the 60s and the highs are no longer in the 90s, then it’s time to raise the water level and get the brood stock out of the burrows to drop their young and populate the pond,” he said. “This usually happens in the first couple of weeks in October.” Read the full story.
