The police department in Yemassee , South Carolina , has warned locals to keep their window and doors inviolable after 43 rhesus macaques escaped from a nearby research facility .

“ At approximately 1 pm on Wednesday November 6 , 2024 , the Yemassee Police Department received an alert from Alpha Genesis regarding the escape of legion Rhesus Macaque primates from their inclosure , ” enjoin the section in a statement post toFacebook .

“ The public is give notice to avoid the region as these animals are report [ as ] skittish and any additional disturbance or move could hinder their safe capture , ” it add , rede resident to not approach themacaquesand or else call 911 to report any sighting , as well as insure that any doors and window are securely shut .

Alpha Genesis – the ship’s company in commission of the Yemassee readiness – describesitself as a specialist in nonhuman primate breeding and contract enquiry , conducting undertaking oncrab - eat macaquesand capuchin monkeys , as well as rhesus macaque .

harmonize to the law , the escaped rhesus monkey are young female person that have not been used for testing , with a spokesperson from Alpha generation support that they are “ too new to hold disease ” .

“ We want to insure the residential area that there is no wellness peril associated with these animals , ” said the police in anotherstatement .

The CEO of Alpha Genesis , Greg Westergaard , toldCBS Newsthat the escape was the upshot of a caretaker at the facility break to secure one of the enclosing door .

" It ’s really like follow - the - loss leader . You see one go and the others go , " said Westergaard . " It was a group of 50 and 7 stayed behind and 43 run off out the threshold . "

Both the local police department and Alpha Genesis are now sour to capture the escapees , with the help of caloric imaging camera to settle the monkeys , and cakehole bear solid food as a lure .

As of November 7 , the monkeys are yet to have been captured .

This is n’t the first time that monkeys have escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility . As reported by thePost and Courier , the troupe was antecedently fined $ 12,600 for six incident that take place between 2014 and 2016 .

In one such incident in December 2014 , 26 monkeys escaped ; as with the current incident , this was because their enclosure was not properly secured . A freestanding episode taking place in the same calendar month saw one monkey get off while being move to medical clinic – it was never found .