Last of 43 escaped US monkeys captured after months on the loose

Authorities in South Carolina say that the last four of 43 escaped monkeys were recaptured after two months of living in the woods, weathering a rare snowstorm and being tempted back into captivity by peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The rhesus macaque monkeys, all females, made a break for it after police say an employee did not fully lock their enclosure at Alpha Genesis, a facility that breeds them for medical research – known to locals as “the monkey farm”. The recaptured monkeys appeared to be in good health, said Greg Westergaard, Alpha Genesis chief executive officer, in a statement

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