OAN Staff James Myers
2pm – Friday, November 8, 2024
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More than 40 monkeys are still roaming in South Carolina after escaping from a medical research center on Thursday, with some of the primates found hanging from nearby trees, authorities said.
Employees at the facility reportedly left the cage door open, allowing the monkeys to make a mad dash.
A total of 43 primates broke into Yamasee's Alpha Genesis Institute on Thursday and have been at large in the area for more than a day, according to local police, who are now asking nearby residents to secure their doors, windows and locks. I am calling on you to do so. Keep pets indoors.
Some of the female rhesus macaques, which weighed about 6 pounds, were first spotted wandering around the roof of a warehouse and were later seen gathering food at a local food pantry, according to the report. It is said that it was done. WSAV.com.
Greg Westergaard, the institute's CEO, said the monkeys entered the enclosure Thursday morning after workers cleaning it left the door ajar. It is said that it was completed.
Meanwhile, as of Friday afternoon, none of the 43 monkeys had been captured, but Westergaard asserted that they were likely to return on their own.
The center also told police that the monkeys were too young to transmit the disease, but it was not immediately clear whether they were immune to the disease.
“These animals are very sensitive and easily startled, so we advise the public to avoid the area to avoid further scaring them,” Imasi Police said in a statement.
“They are not infected with any disease. They are harmless, but they can be a little bit temperamental,” Emmacy Police Chief Gregory Alexander said Thursday morning.
In 2022, 11 monkeys escaped from the same research center through a broken chain-link fence, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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