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Police are searching for more than 40 monkeys that escaped from a medical research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, on Nov. 6. Forty-three Rhesus macaque monkeys broke out out of the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center on Wednesday afternoon, according to a Yemassee Police Department statement. The monkeys have not yet been caught as of Nov. 7, police said.
The Yemassee Police Department said there is no health risk associated with the escaped monkeys. The department advised residents to keep doors and windows securely closed to prevent the monkeys from entering homes. Residents who see any of the escaped monkeys are being told not to approach the monkeys on their own and instead to immediately call 911. Traps have set up around the area to capture the monkeys and thermal imaging cameras to help locate them, police said.
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