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

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"At this point, none have been captured," police said in a social media post. "We want to assure the community that there is no health risk associated with these animals."

"Residents are strongly advised to keep doors and windows securely closed to prevent the primates from entering homes. If you spot any escaped animals, do not approach them and call 911 immediately."

Initial report: The search continues Thursday after 40 primates escaped from a facility in Beaufort County.

According to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, the primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center.

These primates are being used for biomedical research. Authorities are working with staff members at the center located on Castle Hall Road utilizing thermal imaging cameras to try to round up the escaped monkeys. Traps have also been set up around the area.

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"At this point, none have been captured," police said in a social media post. "We want to assure the community that there is no health risk associated with these animals."

"Residents are strongly advised to keep doors and windows securely closed to prevent the primates from entering homes. If you spot any escaped animals, do not approach them and call 911 immediately."

Initial report: The search continues Thursday after 40 primates escaped from a facility in Beaufort County.

According to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, the primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center.

These primates are being used for biomedical research. Authorities are working with staff members at the center located on Castle Hall Road utilizing thermal imaging cameras to try to round up the escaped monkeys. Traps have also been set up around the area.

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BBM - Comforting to know, said no one.

 

[Catmommy]

Well now that's just bananas.

 

[mickey2942]

Here we go again...

43 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility; police warn residents to secure doors and windows

Traps have been set up and thermal imaging cameras are being used in an effort to locate the fugitive monkeys, police said.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Deleted member 296739]

Yeah- saw that- hope they catch them soon- Florida has a feral money population which is so crazy and spreading through the state over the years!

WEC446/UW491: Nonnative Monkey Populations of Florida: History, Status, and Potential Impacts

At least nine populations of non-human primates have established in Florida since the 1930s. These include three species: rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus), and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sp.). Invasion success has varied among the three species. As of 2021, a...

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[whiterhino]

Funny but also not funny!

43 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility; police warn residents to secure doors and windows

Traps have been set up and thermal imaging cameras are being used in an effort to locate the fugitive monkeys, police said.

www.cbsnews.com

Rhesus macaques are "bold, extremely curious, and adventurous monkeys" and the species is "highly adaptable to coexisting alongside humans," the conservancy says.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed in a statement that the monkeys were previously living on Morgan Island as "free-range monkeys" and were brought to the Alpha Genesis facility "for conditioning to be around people."

The facility is registered with the CDC as a nonhuman primates importer, which means it "must meet standards for the importation, quarantine, and use of NHPs," the agency said.

The CDC added that "the risk to the public is low as long as people do not approach or come in contact" with the monkeys.

 

[IQuestion]

Here we go again...

43 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility; police warn residents to secure doors and windows

Traps have been set up and thermal imaging cameras are being used in an effort to locate the fugitive monkeys, police said.

www.cbsnews.com

MICKEY2942 Thank you, thank you, thank you for starting a thread on this event!!! (I was trying to find out how, but am hopeless <modsnip> when it comes to computer tech-stuff. It took 2 years before I had the courage to ask and a fellow sleuth taught me how to copy and paste.) But, I digress: Why do I find myself cheering for the monkeys? Isn't their "escape" the opening scene for every pandemic movie? I would be the lady who purposely leaves the sunroom door open and a big bowl of fruit on the table just in case one of those "adorables" wanted to drop by for lunch. Don't get me wrong, it's not as if I was feeding a giant alligator (Betty White) on the edge of a lake, LOL. But dhaang this just pulled at my heart strings today.
Oh and a caretaker accidentally left a gate open....hmmm? Works for me. Incompetence is the time honored weapon of sabotage.

 

[Deleted member 296739]

Funny but also not funny!

43 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility; police warn residents to secure doors and windows

Traps have been set up and thermal imaging cameras are being used in an effort to locate the fugitive monkeys, police said.

www.cbsnews.com

Rhesus macaques are "bold, extremely curious, and adventurous monkeys" and the species is "highly adaptable to coexisting alongside humans," the conservancy says.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed in a statement that the monkeys were previously living on Morgan Island as "free-range monkeys" and were brought to the Alpha Genesis facility "for conditioning to be around people."

The facility is registered with the CDC as a nonhuman primates importer, which means it "must meet standards for the importation, quarantine, and use of NHPs," the agency said.

The CDC added that "the risk to the public is low as long as people do not approach or come in contact" with the monkeys.

It is funny not funny- monkeys are so odd when you randomly see them in the wild - but breeding populations are no joke if they establish a feral population- moo

 

[IQuestion]

Yeah- saw that- hope they catch them soon- Florida has a feral money population which is so crazy and spreading through the state over the years!

WEC446/UW491: Nonnative Monkey Populations of Florida: History, Status, and Potential Impacts

At least nine populations of non-human primates have established in Florida since the 1930s. These include three species: rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus), and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sp.). Invasion success has varied among the three species. As of 2021, a...

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HARRIET_EVA. bbma.. OMG... Don't know if you meant to type "feral monkey population" or "feral money population" but it made me laugh out loud as there is an apparent abundabce of both.
(I hate auto-type and have sent some pretty embarrassing texts... especially the time I was lamenting feeling like a vagrant after the wildfires in Cali.)

 

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HARRIET_EVA. bbma.. OMG... Don't know if you meant to type "feral monkey population" or "feral money population" but it made me laugh out loud as there is an apparent abundabce of both.
(I hate auto-type and have sent some pretty embarrassing texts... especially the time I was lamenting feeling like a vagrant after the wildfires in Cali.)

Ha! Monkey population! Fat fingers on my phone- man I’d love a feral MONEY problem

 

[whiterhino]

@IQuestion I found myself rooting for the monkeys too!

@Harriett_Eva True, they won't fare very well out in the wild and could cause a problem for someones neighborhood.

We just need the monkeys to break into the Federal Reserve and then all our money AND monkey problems will be solved

 

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@IQuestion I found myself rooting for the monkeys too!

@Harriett_Eva True, they won't fare very well out in the wild and could cause a problem for someones neighborhood.

We just need the monkeys to break into the Federal Reserve and then all our money AND monkey problems will be solved

Ha! Now that’s a funny thought- all these monkeys dressed as little burglars pulling off the heist of the century

 

[whiterhino]

Ha! Now that’s a funny thought- all these monkeys dressed as little burglars pulling off the heist of the century

I think we just wrote an episode of The Simpsons (Lisa saves the monkeys but they rob a bank and are hiding in the house lol)

 

[mickey2942]

Monkeys can actually be quite destructive and vicious. Their bites are extremely dangerous. Let alone, we don't know what they have been used for, or infected with.

This is serious. It isn't some movie, where the monkeys escape and fly to the Everglades. I am trying to figure out how they escaped. This is the 2nd time for this lab. They have a security issue.

 

[whiterhino]

Monkeys can actually be quite destructive and vicious. Their bites are extremely dangerous. Let alone, we don't know what they have been used for, or infected with.

This is serious. It isn't some movie, where the monkeys escape and fly to the Everglades. I am trying to figure out how they escaped. This is the 2nd time for this lab. They have a security issue.

It IS serious, please don't get me wrong. It just also happens to sound a lot like a Simpsons episode.

This reminds me of the post a few months back about the koala bears eating all the eucalyptus saplings, causing havoc due to lack of food. That is what makes it funny to a degree, it's often human error and no fault of the animals who are supposed to be cared for and protected. JMO.

The articles clearly state the nature of the facility and research being done (the monkeys were in fact, being trained to adapt to human interaction, ironically). The facility is registered with the Center for Disease Control as I highlighted in my post above. FYI.

 

[B4igo2it]

Fearing effects like that movie, "Outbreak" and I strongly dislike monkeys

 

[Deleted member 296739]

It IS serious, please don't get me wrong. It just also happens to sound a lot like a Simpsons episode.

This reminds me of the post a few months back about the koala bears eating all the eucalyptus saplings, causing havoc due to lack of food. That is what makes it funny to a degree, it's often human error and no fault of the animals who are supposed to be cared for and protected. JMO.

The articles clearly state the nature of the facility and research being done (the monkeys were in fact, being trained to adapt to human interaction, ironically). The facility is registered with the Center for Disease Control as I highlighted in my post above. FYI.

It is very serious - they can be very destructive and these monkeys were young females and not currently carrying any diseases per linked article above - we were joking that my post about have auto corrected “feral monkey population” to “feral money population” and that conjured up some silly imagination- and hence the heist and Simpsons comment…

Florida has had trouble with invasive feral breeding populations of monkeys for a while and it’s not a small problem-

 

[bestill]

They must not have any fear of humans if they've been in captivity all of their lives. Will they have the skills to survive?
My mother, sister and I rode by this facility last winter. It's strange so to see it. I'm going to see if I have any photos that I took from the car.

 

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Greg Westergaard, CEO of Alpha Genesis, told CBS News on Friday that while they have not captured any of the animals, the monkeys are staying close to the facility and are "being goofy monkeys jumping back and forth playing with each other."

"It's kind of like a playground situation here," he said.

Westergaard said the company has put out baited traps but the monkeys are not going inside them yet.

"They're jumping down and taking the food and then jumping back up on the fence and the tree line," he added. "They're watching us the same way we're watching them."

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43 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility; police warn residents to secure doors and windows

Traps have been set up and thermal imaging cameras are being used in an effort to locate the fugitive monkeys, police said.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Oddsocks]

BBM - Comforting to know, said no one.

We’ve all seen the movie outbreak