It’s a jungle out there! Multiple emus on the loose in South Carolina – while 8 escaped lab monkeys also still large - ‘They are feral and not trained like the ones we have at the house’

The search for more than three dozen runaway monkeys from a Yemassee primate breeding and research facility last week is down to a handful of holdouts. While placing a critical spotlight on the region’s monkey research businesses, the escape, which ...

Eight monkeys remain on the loose in Yemassee. Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard told Yemassee Police that an additional three primates were safely recovered on Wednesday, adding that they appeared to be in good health.

More monkeys have been returned to the South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said Tuesday.