There are 4,000 monkeys at its main facility in Yemassee, where the escape occurred. A second facility is located on 80 acres six miles north of Yemassee off Old Salkehatchie Road in Early Branch.

The USDA has cited a Yemassee research and breeding facility for violating an animal welfare law after 22 monkeys died in its care in November, likely from carbon monoxide exposure from a heating ...

Nearly 2 months after reports of mass primate deaths at Alpha Genesis' Yemassee monkey farm, federal regulators haven't released information about the incident.

YEMASSEE, S.C. — On Thursday, the CEO of a company that recently announced the recovery of several wayward monkeys in the South Carolina Lowcountry expressed appreciation to the community and ...

the Yemassee Police Department announced on social media. In early November, the monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Facility after a caretaker didn’t secure the doors ...

YEMASSEE, S.C. (WCSC/Gray News) - Officials say all of the 43 monkeys that escaped a research facility in South Carolina have been recaptured. Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard confirmed the ...

The final holdouts of a group of monkeys that escaped from a research facility in South Carolina over two months ago have been recaptured safely, the Yemassee Police Department announced on Friday.

"The recaptured monkeys appeared to be in good health, Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard said in a statement relayed by the Yemassee Police Department in a social media post without further ...