South Carolina on alert as 43 monkeys escape research facility

In Yemassee, South Carolina, 43 rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center due to human error. Residents are advised to secure their homes and avoid interacting with the monkeys, which are nonviolent but skittish. Efforts to recapture the primates include setting traps and using thermal imaging. This incident follows a similar escape in 2016 from the same facility.