by Yemassee, SC (AP) – The authorities in South Carolina said that on Friday the last four out of 43 escaped monkeys were recaptured in the forests after two months, which weathered a rare snowstorm and were captured by peanut butter and jelly -sandwiches in captivity Captivity were attributed.
The Rhesus Makaken monkeys, all females, made a break after the police said that an employee had not fully locked up their housing at Alpha Genesis, a facility that she produces for medical research – known to the locals as “Monkey Farm”.
The recessed monkeys seemed to be in good health, said Greg Westergaard, CEO of Alpha Genesis, in an explanation that was forwarded by the Yemassee police in a social media contribution, without further details.
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As they were loose, the area saw its first snow for seven years and gathered up to 8 centimeters.
The Rhesus -Makaken took a break for it on November 6th and was mainly near the facility. They are about the size of a cat and weighs about £ 7 (3 kilograms).
It seems that a worker left the gates unintentionally when the monkeys escaped, said Westergaard in November. The workers should block and move in a goal before they opened another, but all three goals and bars were insecure.
The monkeys were not a risk of public health, said Alpha Genesis, Federal Health Officer and the police.
Alpha Guard’s employees kept an eye on the monkeys and lay out humane traps. Most were lured back with food and received peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and “monkey biscuit”-a protein Purina-Affen-Chow, which was specially formulated for the Rhesus macaques.
The facility breeds the monkeys to sell at medical facilities and other researchers. The people have been using the monkeys for scientific research since the end of the 19th century. Scientists believe that Rhesus -Makaken and people separated from a common ancestor about 25 million years ago and share around 93% of the same DNA.
The connection is about 1.6 kilometers from the city center of Yemassee and about 80 kilometers northeast of Savannah, Georgia.
