[craig nigrelli]
MORE THAN HALF THE MONKEYS THAT ESCAPED A SOUTH CAROLINA RESEARCH FACILITY are back where they belong this morning.
LAST WEDNESDAY — 43 RHESUS MACAQUE (muh-cock) MONKEYS ESCAPED FORM ALPHA GENESIS — A MEDICAL LAB THAT USES THE animals FOR CLINICAL DRUG TRIALS — IN YEMASSEE (yem-uh-SEE), ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF CHARLESTON
AS OF SUNDAY NIGHT — 25 OF THE 43 RUNAWAY PRIMATES HAD BEEN ROUNDED UP.
THEY WERE ALL CHECKED OUT BY A TEAM OF VETS AND ARE IN GOOD HEALTH.
OFFICIALS SAY THE REMAINING MONKEYS DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE GONE FAR.
THEY SAY A “SIGNIFICANT NUMBER” OF THEM ARE STILL NEAR THE FACILITY EATING FOOD LEFT OUT FOR THEM AND INTERACTING WITH OTHER MONKEYS STILL INSIDE THE FACILITY. TRAPPERS HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO CORRAL THEM.