{"id":123356,"date":"2024-11-08T05:55:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T22:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123356"},"modified":"2024-11-08T05:55:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T22:55:59","slug":"43-monkeys-escape-south-carolina-research-facility-police-warn-residents-to-secure-doors-and-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123356","title":{"rendered":"43 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility; police warn residents to secure doors and windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Authorities in South Carolina on Thursday warned residents to lock their doors and windows after more than 40 monkeys escaped from a research facility.<\/p>\n<p>The primates broke loose from a Alpha Genesis facility in Beaufort County and traps have been set up and thermal imaging cameras are being used in an effort to locate the fugitive monkeys, the Yemassee Police Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yemasseepolice\/posts\/pfbid02BfoYDw26UBqePNZaZtGkH9ZoDaECGX56XkPXXTmwUee6ErvjLys7DpHcMMGtzf96l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">update posted Thursday<\/a>, police confirmed 43 rhesus macaque primates escaped and none had been captured as of early afternoon.\u00a0 Authorities said the primates were &#8220;very young females weighing approximately 6-7 lbs&#8221; and had never been used for testing due to their age.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Alpha Genesis currently have eyes on the primates and are working to entice them with food,&#8221; police said, describing the monkeys as &#8220;skittish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-facebook-post embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/facebook-sdk\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yemasseepolice\/posts\/pfbid0EhxcipfdXEdPd8sXF5dcCGoedAqxePCDre3fYfdCmJyPFD4mnSK8fXVm4FwDCXQul\" data-width=\"552\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064868017362\/posts\/978841394288119\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>UPDATE &#8211; As of 9:45PM, we can confirm that 40 primates have escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility located on Castle&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yemasseepolice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yemassee Police Department<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100064868017362\/posts\/978841394288119\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wednesday, November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Residents are strongly advised to keep doors and windows secured to prevent these animals from entering homes,&#8221; police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yemasseepolice\/posts\/pfbid0EhxcipfdXEdPd8sXF5dcCGoedAqxePCDre3fYfdCmJyPFD4mnSK8fXVm4FwDCXQul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0earlier. &#8220;If you spot any of the escaped animals, please contact 911 immediately and refrain from approaching them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Greg Westergaard, CEO of Alpha Genesis, told CBS News the monkey escape is &#8220;frustrating&#8221; and he is &#8220;hoping for a happy ending&#8221; with the primates returning of their own volition.<\/p>\n<p>Westergaard told CBS News that a caretaker inadvertently failed to secure a door at an enclosure, allowing the monkeys to roam free.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s really like follow-the-leader. You see one go and the others go,&#8221; Westergaard said. &#8220;It was a group of 50 and 7 stayed behind and 43 bolted out the door.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Vance, a land surveyor, told CBS News that he and a coworker were taking a lunch break nearby on Wednesday when they spotted some of the monkeys, and he said he captured video footage of them.<\/p>\n<p>The Yemassee Police Department said multiple officers were working with Alpha Genesis personnel to recapture the primates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to assure the community that there is no health risk associated with these animals,&#8221; police said in its update Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to its website, Alpha Genesis breeds monkeys and provides &#8220;nonhuman primate products and bio-research services&#8221; across the globe. The company&#8217;s clinical trials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsourcing-pharma.com\/Article\/2018\/07\/26\/Alpha-Genesis-wins-1m-contract-to-support-progressive-brain-disorder-research?fbclid=IwY2xjawGZbP5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfsgKwb4xyuNyno1hwe7c1Cy7Sr9PUrauoF5g5BiTRUnCNSdZpRfXJknPQ_aem_LswVNliaA5c3feAPkTBvsw#.YbkfnSlxg98.facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reportedly include<\/a> research on progressive brain disorders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alpha Genesis says its staff of veterinary technicians and animal specialists work with cynomolgous, rhesus and capuchin monkeys.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/news\/alpha-genesis-takes-over-management-of-south-carolinas-monkey-island\/article_fb08a7d2-ce5a-11ed-bd91-8b72f090aac4.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawGZbOlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYFCnOM0YaH8R9NKM1GPESXxRu2_0yPiEOUsZpelHpzWpsXMFnJkDLJ7hg_aem_wVg-y1EC5pzq9QdpOLgs2w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Post and Courier<\/a> newspaper reported last year that Alpha Genesis won a federal contract to oversee a colony of 3,500 rhesus monkeys on South Carolina&#8217;s Morgan Island, known as &#8220;Monkey Island.&#8221; Rhesus macaques  were imported to the U.S. in the 1970s for biomedical research in laboratories, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/neprimateconservancy.org\/rhesus-macaque\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New England Primate Conservancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rhesus macaques are &#8220;bold, extremely curious, and adventurous monkeys&#8221; and the species is &#8220;highly adaptable to coexisting alongside humans,&#8221; the conservancy says.<\/p>\n<p>The Post and Courier\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/beaufort-county\/news\/yemassee-monkeys-escape-alpha-genesis-south-carolina\/article_5b4dcc40-9cb2-11ef-9595-57948042780d.html%3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> that monkeys have escaped from Alpha Genesis before. Eight years ago, 19 primates escaped from the company&#8217;s facility but were recaptured about six hours later.<\/p>\n<p>Last year in Pennsylvania, dozens of lab monkeys escaped after a truck carrying 100 of the animals crashed. All the primates were later <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/monkey-missing-pennsylvania-highway-vehicle-crash-danville\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">accounted for<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/stephen-smith\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Stephen Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, Boston and Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v3.2\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/monkeys-escape-south-carolina-research-facility-police-search\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in South Carolina on Thursday warned residents to lock their doors and windows after more than 40 monkeys escaped from a research facility. The primates broke loose from a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123356\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}