Tag: monkey
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“Feral and not trained” emus Thelma and Louise on the loose in South Carolina as state’s monkey search continues
Two more animals are on the loose in South Carolina as the state continues its search for fugitive monkeys that escaped a medical research facility in Beaufort County. But this time, it’s two emus named Thelma and Louise that escaped about a three-hour drive north. The Horry County Police Department wrote about the large missing birds…
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1 monkey recovered safely, 42 others still remain on the run from South Carolina lab
One of 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina has been recovered unharmed, officials said Saturday. Many of the others are still located a few yards from the property, jumping back and forth over the facility’s fence, police said in a statement. The Rhesus macaques made a break for…
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Tennessee woman shoots monkey who tried to attack her, police say
A Tennessee woman shot a vervet monkey she said tried to attack her, according to police. The monkey later died from its wounds at the Chattanooga Zoo. The woman, whose name was not released, went to feed her cats Thursday afternoon in Thrasher, Tennessee, when the monkey approached her and tried to attack her, a…