Industry officials say thousands of cattle in feedlots in southwestern Kansas have died of heat stress due to soaring temperatures, high humidity and little wind in recent days.

Vern the Tufted Capuchin Monkey had been at the Wright Park Zoo in Dodge City, Kansas, since 1988. Vern, the tufted capuchin monkey, was unresponsive when staff found him Tuesday morning, said the Wright Park Zoo in Dodge City, Kansas. Tufted capuchin monkeys are native to South America and spend most of their time in trees. Males grow to about 13 pounds in captivity and the oldest captive tufted capuchin lived to be 45 years old, according to the New England Primate Conservatory. Vern and a female monkey named Charro have been at the Wright Park Zoo since 1988, the zoo said.