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A Rhesus monkey at a research facility in Bastrop, Texas in 2011. (Houston Chronicle via Getty Images file) A police search is underway after 43 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South ...
Greg Westergaard, the company’s CEO, told NBC affiliate WSAV-TV in South Carolina on Nov. 7 that an employee of the research center left a door open while cleaning the monkeys’ enclosure ...
Cops are warning residents in rural South Carolina to shut their doors and windows after at least 43 monkeys escaped from a bio-research lab. The rhesus macaques slipped out of an Alpha Genesis ...
A number of monkeys are seen in an outdoor enclosure at Alpha Genesis on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 that offers primates for biomedical research. The Beaufort County facility located along Castle ...
According to federal data, the facility houses more than 6,000 monkeys. The sheriff's department did not confirm which species of monkey escaped the lab, but Alpha Genesis's website says it ...
The company did not respond to an email asking about Wednesday's escape. In 2018, federal officials fined Alpha Genesis $12,600 after dozens of primates escaped as well as for an incident that left a few others without water and other problems with how the monkeys were housed.
YEMASSEE, S.C. – Police in South Carolina were asking for the public’s help in locating some 40 primates that escaped from a research facility on Wednesday.
The facility says its "experienced and caring staff" is "dedicated to conducting humane research with nonhuman primates to advance knowledge in primate biology and to address human health concerns."