YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Just eight monkeys remain free from the group who more than a week ago broke out of a South Carolina ...
Only 11 of the 43 Rhesus macaques that escaped last week now remain outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, police said in a statement. Alpha Genesis officials told police that the two monkeys ...
The monkeys made a break for it Wednesday after an employee at the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee didn't fully lock a ...
Authorities still recommend that people who live near the compound about 1 mile from downtown Yemassee in southeastern South Carolina shut their windows and doors and call 911 if they see the monkeys.
Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby ... They are harmless and a little skittish," Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said ...