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25 monkeys captured after escaping South Carolina analysis lab; 18 nonetheless lacking


RIGHT NOW… AUTHORITIES IN JASPER COUNTY ARE SEARCHING FOR 43 MONKEYS .. THAT ESCAPED FROM A RESEARCH FACILITY IN YEMASSEE. WJCL 22 NEWS’ JAYDA RUSSELL SHARES THE LATEST FROM THE SEARCH. IT’S BEEN A THREE DAY SEARCH FOR THE 43 PRIMATES THAT ESCAPED IN YEMASSEE. WHILE OFFICIALS SCRAMBLE TO FIND WHERE THEY’VE GONE AND HOW FAR THEY’VE GOTTEN… THE ANSWER WAS THEY WEREN’T TOO FAR FROM HOME. THE PRIMATES WERE SPOTTED JUST OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE OF THE ALPHA GENESIS RESEARCH CENTER. ALPHA GENESIS RESEARCH CENTER IS SURROUNDED BY TREES AND WOODS-LIKE AREAS, SOMETHING THE CEO SAYS HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL TO THE ANIMALS. THEY WERE SEEN EARLIER TODAY PLAYING AND EATING. THE CEO GREG WESTERGAARD IS GRATEFUL THAT THEY’RE NEARBY. YESTERDAY I WAS A BIT DISCOURAGED BUT TODAY I’M MORE ENCOURAGED BECAUSE WE’VE HAD THEM MEANDER ON BACK. THEY’RE DOING ALL THE MONKEY THINGS, THEY’RE JUST DOING IT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE FENCE. (GREG WESTERGAARD) WESTERGAARD DESCRIBES THE PLAN TO CATCH THE FURRY FUGITIVES. WELL, THE BEST WAY IS A PASSIVE WAY. WE HAVE THESE HAVE A HEART TRAPS. THEY’RE HUMANE TRAPS. THE MONKEYS WALK IN, A LITTLE DOOR CLOSES BEHIND THEM. THEY JUST HAVEN’T GONE INTO THE TRAPS AT THIS POINT. ALPHA GENESIS HAS NOT CAPTURED THE PRIMATES YET, THEY WILL BE MONITORING THE ANIMALS FROM A DISTANCE

25 monkeys captured after escaping South Carolina analysis lab; 18 nonetheless lacking

Above video: Earlier protection of the lacking monkeys in Yemassee, South Carolina.Police in South Carolina say greater than half of the escaped monkeys have been recaptured.Of the 43 unique lacking primates, 25 are actually again within the custody of Alpha Genesis, in response to the biomedical analysis lab’s CEO.Yemassee police stated Sunday a sizeable group of the monkeys stay close to the power and have bedded for the night. The YPD says veterinarians have assessed the 25 recovered monkeys and all are in good well being. Police say Alpha Genesis is dedicated to looking for the primates till all 43 are discovered. As of 5 p.m. Sunday, 18 monkeys are nonetheless on the unfastened.

Above video: Earlier protection of the lacking monkeys in Yemassee, South Carolina.

Police in South Carolina say greater than half of the escaped monkeys have been recaptured.

Of the 43 unique lacking primates, 25 are actually again within the custody of Alpha Genesis, in response to the biomedical analysis lab’s CEO.

Yemassee police stated Sunday a sizeable group of the monkeys stay close to the power and have bedded for the night.

The YPD says veterinarians have assessed the 25 recovered monkeys and all are in good well being. Police say Alpha Genesis is dedicated to looking for the primates till all 43 are discovered.

As of 5 p.m. Sunday, 18 monkeys are nonetheless on the unfastened.

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