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Police have now recovered 30 monkeys after a group of 43 primates escaped from a medical research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, on Nov. 6.
PHOTO: A view of the cages in the research facility where forty-three rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from in Yemassee, South Carolina, on Nov. 8, 2024. (Anadolu via Getty Images)
A police search is underway after 43 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South Carolina on Wednesday night. Police in Yemassee, in Beaufort County, said the Rhesus macaque primates escaped ...
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)—Authorities announced Monday that five additional monkeys had been recovered after nearly four dozen escaped from a South Carolina research facility. Alpha Genesis ...
Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is "almost no danger” to the public. “They are not infected with any disease whatsoever. They are harmless and a little skittish,” Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said Thursday morning.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina has been recovered unharmed, officials said Saturday. Many of the others are still located a few yards from the property, jumping back and forth over the facility’s fence, police said in a statement.
No more monkey business! More than half of the 43 monkeys that escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have been caught– with a “sizable group” of remaining primates being...
“The clear carelessness which allowed these 40 monkeys to escape endangered not only the safety of the animals, but also put the residents of South Carolina at risk,” wrote Michael Budkie, executive director of the group. The USDA, which has inspected the compound 10 times since 2020, didn't immediately respond to the letter.