4 escaped monkeys still together weeks after escaping research facility [Video]

YEMASSEE, S.C. (WCSC/Gray News) – Four monkeys remain uncaptured weeks after 43 primates escaped from a research facility in South Carolina.

The rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from Alpha Genesis near Yemassee on Nov. 7.

On Sunday, the company’s CEO, Greg Westergaard, said his team still sees the remaining four monkeys together in a tree almost daily.

“The four monkeys look good, and engage in species-typical behaviors such as grooming and tree-climbing,” he said in a statement. “I could have them darted but have not given that directive because it could pose a danger to the monkeys and since they are doing well, we are just waiting for them to go in the traps.”

Westergaard said the 39 primates that were recaptured are in good health.

He confirmed in mid-Novemberthat there was no structural failure in the containment area where the monkeys are kept. He said there are two gates you must pass …