No more monkey business! More than half of the 43 monkeys that escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have been caught– with a “sizable group” of remaining primates

Just eight monkeys remain free from the group who more than a week ago broke out of a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said. Three more Rhesus macaques were recaptured Wednesday outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee,

Just eight monkeys remain free from the group that more than a week ago broke out of a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said.

Yemassee drew national attention last week when 43 rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from a research facility known to locals as the 'monkey farm.' Several are still at large.