Last 4 escaped monkeys recaptured in South Carolina after months on the loose

Authorities in South Carolina said Friday that the last four of 43 escaped monkeys have been recaptured after two months living in the woods, weathering a rare snowstorm and being temped 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 enclosur e at Alpha Genesis, a facility that breeds them for medical research – known to locals as “the monkey farm.”…

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