Police are searching for a total of 43 monkeys that escaped from a research facility in South Carolina on Wednesday night.
Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said on social media that the animals escaped from Alpha Genesis, a company that breeds thousands of monkeys in Yemassee for research.
Police said traps have been set up around the area.
In an update later that evening, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said the Yemassee Police Department was assisting with the search. Officers equipped with thermal imaging cameras are helping locate the animals.
“Residents are strongly advised to keep doors and windows secured to prevent these animals from entering homes,” the Yemassee Police Department said in a statement, urging anyone who spots one of the escaped animals to not engage with them, but instead call 911….