SC- 40-plus primates escape research facility in Beaufort County.

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Chelly said:
I am aware all the escaped monkeys are young females. Just wondering if there are any male monkeys living nearby to mate with?
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That was my question too-
 
  • #42
Chelly said:
I am aware all the escaped monkeys are young females. Just wondering if there are any male monkeys living nearby to mate with?
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That is the last thing this problem needs!
 
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If someone had a pet male rhesus macaque, and he viewed this as a trip to the monkey sexual candy store, all of the monkeys would probably have to be destroyed, because who knows what they might have been exposed to?

Anyway, I'm guessing that many of them have been living on what's left of leaves and fruit, and maybe dog food and birdseed that people left out for their pets.
 
  • #46
whiterhino said:
I have no idea tbh I didn't read anymore bc I felt bad :confused: (gonna tell myself they were being trained as bank robbers)

Here is a link to their website: Alpha Genesis

Alpha Genesis Inc. provides the highest quality nonhuman primate products and bio-research services world-wide. With a client base that extends across North America, Europe, and Asia, we are dedicated to providing only the best and most cost-effective primate research and development support to the scientific community.
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yeah they're definitely testing on them
and breeding thousands for that express purpose
 
  • #47
airportwoman said:
If someone had a pet male rhesus macaque, and he viewed this as a trip to the monkey sexual candy store, all of the monkeys would probably have to be destroyed, because who knows what they might have been exposed to?

Anyway, I'm guessing that many of them have been living on what's left of leaves and fruit, and maybe dog food and birdseed that people left out for their pets.
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are pet monkeys legal there?
they said they're staying close by just on the other side of the fence so I'm not sure if there are residential areas closeby
but the lab people are feeding them anyway
 
  • #48
LadyL said:
great some idiot flew a drone over them and spooked them
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that footage is probably already on youtube or tiktok making money
 
  • #49
Chelly said:
I am aware all the escaped monkeys are young females. Just wondering if there are any male monkeys living nearby to mate with?
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Hopefully they will be confined to the Yemassee area and not venture to this Island, which is only about 40 miles away, not that far. This is crazy that monkey's are in the lowcountry!

Morgan Island, South Carolina - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
 
  • #50
cujenn81 said:
This article says the company breeds them and they have 6700 primates on site.

apnews.com

43 monkeys remain on the run from South Carolina lab. CEO thinks they're having an adventure

Authorities say 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina have been spotted in the woods near a fence surrounding the site and that workers are using food to try to recapture them.
apnews.com apnews.com

AFAIK, there are no nearby male monkeys that live outside the facility.
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Actually there is an Island that is home to monkey's that is about 40 miles away. I had no idea until I started researching the area. From the wikipedia link I just posted
"Morgan Island is a 4,489-acre (1,817-hectare) marshland island that consists of 635 acres (257 ha) of upland. The island is located between the Morgan and Coosaw rivers and borders the Saint Helena Sound to the south and Parrot Creek to the north. The marshland area includes three major tidal creeks as well as other small creeks.<a href="Morgan Island, South Carolina - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> Morgan Island is uninhabited, and is home to a breeding colony of approximately 3,500 free-ranging, Indian-origin rhesus monkeys. There is a 370-acre (150 ha) portion of upland that supports a semi-tropical maritime forest where the monkey colony primarily resides.<a href="Morgan Island, South Carolina - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a>
 
  • #51
bestill said:
Actually there is an Island that is home to monkey's that is about 40 miles away. I had no idea until I started researching the area. From the wikipedia link I just posted
"Morgan Island is a 4,489-acre (1,817-hectare) marshland island that consists of 635 acres (257 ha) of upland. The island is located between the Morgan and Coosaw rivers and borders the Saint Helena Sound to the south and Parrot Creek to the north. The marshland area includes three major tidal creeks as well as other small creeks.<a href="Morgan Island, South Carolina - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a> Morgan Island is uninhabited, and is home to a breeding colony of approximately 3,500 free-ranging, Indian-origin rhesus monkeys. There is a 370-acre (150 ha) portion of upland that supports a semi-tropical maritime forest where the monkey colony primarily resides.<a href="Morgan Island, South Carolina - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a>
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Thanks for sending me down the rabbit hole, lol ... I know more about monkey's in South Carolina than I ever thought I needed to know.
  • How on earth did a colony of monkeys make it to an island off the coast of South Carolina, you ask?
  • As Greenville Business Magazine explained, in the summer of 1979, 1,400 rhesus monkeys were placed on the island to use as research animals. Since then, their population has boomed to about 4,000.
  • It was all part of a plan by the U.S. government to establish a "self-sufficient breeding program" after India banned the export of viable research animals, the magazine reported. And Morgan Island was the perfect home.
  • Now, CHS Today reported, Morgan Island is both owned and managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and the monkey colony itself is owned by the National Institute of Allergy + Infectious Diseases. This means humans aren't allowed on the island as they may disturb the population — it's illegal to even try to access the land. However, that doesn't mean you can't see them at all.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Development of the Morgan Island rhesus monkey colony - PubMed

During the summer of 1979, the rhesus monkey breeding colony of the La Parguera facility of the Caribbean Primate Research Center was shipped to Morgan Island, South Carolina. During six shipments in 1979, and three more in 1980, over 1400 animals were translocated. Mortality from shipping...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
www.travelandleisure.com

There's an Island in South Carolina With 3,000 Wild Monkeys

Tucked away in the St. Helena Sound, Morgan Island is made up of more than 2,000 acres of pristine land—and more than 3,000 monkeys.
www.travelandleisure.com www.travelandleisure.com
 
  • #52
I have to say, I'm rooting for the monkeys. Being used for testing & torture is just twisted to me.

jmo
 
  • #53
Ontario Mom said:
I have to say, I'm rooting for the monkeys. Being used for testing & torture is just twisted to me.

jmo
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I worked with rats in college, they were treated very humanely. They were not "tortured". The lab conditions were immaculate, warm, with nice food, water, cuddly beds, we petted them, talked to them, and they were often quite excited to be chosen for weighing, and measurement.
 
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Labs aren't just feeding, petting, and weighing the monkeys.
 
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mickey2942 said:
I worked with rats in college, they were treated very humanely. They were not "tortured". The lab conditions were immaculate, warm, with nice food, water, cuddly beds, we petted them, talked to them, and they were often quite excited to be chosen for weighing, and measurement.
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From all I've read about what these wee monkeys are subjected to, in my opinion it's torture.
 
  • #56
Ontario Mom said:
From all I've read about what these wee monkeys are subjected to, in my opinion it's torture.
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Local authorities said Thursday that the escaped primates were "very young females weighing approximately 6-7 lbs" and had never been used for testing due to their age.

 
  • #57
Knox said:
Thanks for sending me down the rabbit hole, lol ... I know more about monkey's in South Carolina than I ever thought I needed to know.
  • How on earth did a colony of monkeys make it to an island off the coast of South Carolina, you ask?
  • As Greenville Business Magazine explained, in the summer of 1979, 1,400 rhesus monkeys were placed on the island to use as research animals. Since then, their population has boomed to about 4,000.
  • It was all part of a plan by the U.S. government to establish a "self-sufficient breeding program" after India banned the export of viable research animals, the magazine reported. And Morgan Island was the perfect home.
  • Now, CHS Today reported, Morgan Island is both owned and managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and the monkey colony itself is owned by the National Institute of Allergy + Infectious Diseases. This means humans aren't allowed on the island as they may disturb the population — it's illegal to even try to access the land. However, that doesn't mean you can't see them at all.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Development of the Morgan Island rhesus monkey colony - PubMed

During the summer of 1979, the rhesus monkey breeding colony of the La Parguera facility of the Caribbean Primate Research Center was shipped to Morgan Island, South Carolina. During six shipments in 1979, and three more in 1980, over 1400 animals were translocated. Mortality from shipping...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
www.travelandleisure.com

There's an Island in South Carolina With 3,000 Wild Monkeys

Tucked away in the St. Helena Sound, Morgan Island is made up of more than 2,000 acres of pristine land—and more than 3,000 monkeys.
www.travelandleisure.com www.travelandleisure.com
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IIRC the monkeys were acquired from this island originally (as that is the islands entire purpose).

There is something so eerily sci-fi about this story. For all anyone knows, the monkeys have their own research facility on their private island.

Does anyone know how they escaped? I want to root for their freedom but truthfully animals in captivity do not fare well on their own in the wild. Hopefully they can be wrangled back in to "safety" :(
 
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Donswife48 said:
Local authorities said Thursday that the escaped primates were "very young females weighing approximately 6-7 lbs" and had never been used for testing due to their age.

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Yep. Hadn't been used... yet. This is why I'm rooting for the monkeys. I only hope they're NEVER used for "testing" and get to live a decent life without it.

jmo
 
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