The all-female group of Rhesus macaques on the run pose 'almost no danger' to the public, a local police chief said.
Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public.
Alpha Genesis employees “currently have eyes on the primates and are working to entice them with food,” police said in a statement issued around noon Thursday.The company usually handles escapes on site, but the monkeys got outside the compound about 1 mile from downtown Yemassee, Alexander said. But rounding up these escapees is taking some more work. Alpha Genesis is taking the lead, setting up traps and using thermal imaging cameras to recapture the monkeys on the run, the chief said.People living nearby need to shut their windows and doors so the monkeys can’t find a place to hide inside and if they see the primates, call 911 so company officials and police can capture them.
Officials said 26 primates escaped from the Yemassee facility in 2014 and an additional 19 got out in 2016.
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