In December, the City of Launceston council voted to sterilise the monkeys. Without breeding, the City Park’s Japanese macaque troop will die out over the next 20 years.

Search remains on for dozens of escaped monkeys in South Carolina 02:58. Twenty-five of the 43 monkeys that escaped a compound in South Carolina have been recovered, the lab's CEO said Sunday ...

Some monkeys are still on the loose after escaping South Carolina lab 05:28. Two more monkeys that escaped last week from a South Carolina research facility were recaptured Tuesday, according to ...

25 monkeys recovered after dozens escape in South Carolina. Others are ‘jumping back and forth’ near the research facility By Graham Hurley, CNN 3 minute read ...

A research facility in Yemassee, S.C., has recovered 25 of the 43 monkeys that escaped from the laboratory last week after a caretaker accidentally left the door to their enclosure unsecured.

In early November, the monkeys escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Facility after a caretaker didn’t secure the doors, police said, citing the company’s CEO, Greg Westergaard.

Only 8 monkeys remain free after more than a week outside a South Carolina compound 43 monkeys made a break for it Nov. 6 after an employee at what locals call “the monkey farm” didn’t fully ...