6 monkeys are still on the loose from a South Carolina compound after dozens escaped
6 monkeys are still on the loose from a South Carolina compound after dozens escaped
Authorities say only six monkeys are still on the loose after dozens escaped earlier this month from a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research.
Six monkeys were still on the loose early Monday after dozens escaped earlier this month from a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, according to authorities.
Two more Rhesus macaques were trapped Sunday outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, bringing the total of recovered monkeys to 37 of the 43 that escaped, Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard said in a statement relayed by Yemassee Police in a social media post.
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last one left gets secretary of the interior.
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I'd be setting up a monkey Anne Frank attic.
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I was hoping for a (mostly) happy ending for the monkeys like in the movie Project X. Oh well.
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Here's hoping someone other than these negligent monkey torturers can find them and get them placed into a sanctuary.
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They will either become an invasive species or euthanized.
We may be seeing the birth of the Kudzu monkeys of the Carolinas.
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Don't unroll your windows 'cause those monkeys seem confused and irritable.
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At least they don't have herpes.
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My thought process-
"There are invasive monkeys in Florida? Oh right, it's Florida. That also explains the herpes."
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These monkeys are used for medical research. We have no idea what infectious diseases they were intentionally given. Born and bred to suffer then be neutralized.
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Well I am relieved.
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Sounds like the local wildlife might have been dining on exotic fare.
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they must have landed gigs at the white house
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I read the title and the body and I was like, what kind of journalist wouldn't list what kind of monkey it is in the title! Then I opened the article to read further... And immediately understood 99% of their audience wouldn't know wtf kind of monkey that was.