Washington, Nov 7, 2024 (AFP) - US town on alert after 43 monkeys escape research facility

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2024-11-07

More than 40 monkeys were on the loose Thursday in a small US town after escaping a research facility, with authorities warning residents to keep their doors and windows closed. The rhesus macaques -- described as "skittish" by police in Yemassee, South Carolina -- were reported to have fled their enclosures a day earlier at a facility run by Alpha Genesis, which specializes in primate-based biomedical research. Search teams were deployed to help......

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