Final 4 Escaped Lab Monkeys Stick Together As They Avoid Traps In South Carolina

LOADING ERROR LOADING More than a month after 43 monkeys escaped from a medical lab in South Carolina, the last four to evade capture were sticking close together. The dozens of young, female Rhesus macaques bred for research broke out of the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee last month after an employee failed to latch the doors to their enclosure. Since the monkeys seem to be “doing well” outside, the staff is simply “waiting for them to go in the traps” rather than taking a more aggressive approach, like having them “darted.” A view of monkey cages at the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, South Carolina. Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images Alpha Genesis did not immediately return a HuffPost inquiry about the remaining four monkeys, nor about the increased scrutiny the facility has faced in the wake of the highly publicized escape.