MORNING HEADLINES | Thirty-nine of 43 escaped monkeys have returned to the Yemassee research facility they escaped from a couple of weeks ago. Since then, the break-out has gotten international attention, inspiring a congressional inquiry, a road race, lots of monkey-related merchandise and more.
Those remaining monkeys are likely all together near the center located on Castle Hall Road, according to Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard.
“We’re reexamining our containment procedures because we don’t want this to happen again,” he added.
While the Yemassee Police Department and Alpha Genesis researchers continue to work together to capture the remaining four, residents in the area say they aren’t all that concerned about the monkeys. One resident said monkeys have escaped before, but never this many or for so long.
Some 7,000 monkeys are housed at two facilities owned by Alpha Genesis, according to S.C. Public Radio, and have had history with prior escapes and violations, concerning activists.
“They don’t want the public to find out about escapes and traumatic injuries and animals being killed,” one activist told the radio network. Alpha Genesis breeds and sells monkeys to researchers worldwide.
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