Alpha Genesis has a history of violations. Now, a U.S. Rep is …
1 day ago · Rep. Mace says Alpha Genesis has a history of escapes and violations, and anonymous donors are putting up $250,000 to possibly rehome the 43 monkeys in a sanctuary. Last Wednesday, 43 young, female Rhesus monkeys bred for scientific and medical research escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee, prompting international ...
Alpha Genesis primate center has a history of violations. Now, a ...
1 day ago · This year alone, Alpha Genesis received $19 million from the NIH to breed, confine, and experiment on primates at its sites in South Carolina. Mace contends that Alpha Genesis has a history of ...
More escaped monkeys captured and given Fruit Loops as ... - CBS News
1 day ago · Mace pointed out that monkeys have escaped before from Alpha Genesis, and said federal inspectors had cited the company for violating the Animal Welfare Act as recently as September 2022. CBS News ...
South Carolina lab recaptures 5 escaped monkeys. 13 still loose | AP News
2 days ago · YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Employees at a South Carolina compound that breeds monkeys for medical research have recaptured five more animals that escaped last week from an enclosure that wasn’t fully locked. As of Monday afternoon, 30 of the 43 monkeys that made it outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee are back in the company’s ...
What we know after 43 monkeys escaped a South Carolina ... - CBS News
6 days ago · The primates broke loose from Alpha Genesis in Yemassee, Beaufort County in South Carolina. The company confirmed 43 rhesus macaque primates escaped from an enclosure at one of the company's ...
43 monkeys escape from a South Carolina medical lab | AP News
Nov 7, 2024 · Alpha Genesis employees “currently have eyes on the primates and are working to entice them with food,” police said in a statement issued around noon Thursday. The company usually handles escapes on site, but the monkeys got outside the compound about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) from downtown Yemassee, Alexander said.
Monkeys escape from Alpha Genesis research facility in South ... - NBC News
Nov 7, 2024 · The newspaper reported that in 2016, 19 animals evaded security at Alpha Genesis before they were captured six hours later. According to the newspaper, 26 animals escaped in 2014.
Monkeys escape from Alpha Genesis research facility in …
Nov 7, 2024 · They escaped from Alpha Genesis, a primate research facility in Yemassee, a small town about 26 miles from Beaufort, Yemassee Police Department said in a post on Facebook. The department did not ...
43 monkeys remain on the run from South ... - Associated Press News
6 days ago · The Alpha Genesis compound is regularly inspected by federal officials. In 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture fined Alpha Genesis $12,600 in part after officials said 26 primates escaped from the Yemassee facility in 2014 and an additional 19 got out in 2016.
Monkeys who escaped from Alpha Genesis in Yemassee, SC still …
6 days ago · The rhesus macaques primates, described as "very young females weighing approximately 6 - 7 lbs," escaped from Alpha Genesis, a primate research facility in Yemassee, a small town about 26 miles ...