Alpha Genesis has a history of violations. Now, a U.S. Rep is …
1 day ago · This year alone, Alpha Genesis received $19 million from the NIH to breed, confine, and experiment on primates at its sites in South Carolina. Mace contends that Alpha Genesis has a history of violating federal laws and policies and questions the effectiveness of the USDA's and NIH's oversight and use of tens of millions of taxpayer dollars.
More escaped monkeys captured and given Fruit Loops as ... - CBS News
1 day ago · Greg Westergaard, the chief executive officer of the facility Alpha Genesis, in Yemassee, South Carolina, told CBS News that both of the newly-trapped monkeys were healthy and enjoying a meal of ...
Monkeys escape from Alpha Genesis research facility in South Carolina
Nov 7, 2024 · The company secured a federal contract to run a colony of 3,500 monkeys on Morgan Island off South Carolina, also known as Monkey Island. Alpha Genesis has a license as a Class B dealer and is ...
24 more monkeys found after 43 escape from South Carolina ... - NBC News
3 days ago · Nov. 10, 2024, 4:00 PM PST. By Dennis Romero. An additional 24 monkeys believed to be among 43 that escaped a South Carolina research facility last week have been recovered, and eyes are on a ...
South Carolina lab recaptures 5 escaped monkeys. 13 still loose | AP News
2 days ago · YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Employees at a South Carolina compound that breeds monkeys for medical research have recaptured five more animals that escaped last week from an enclosure that wasn’t fully locked. As of Monday afternoon, 30 of the 43 monkeys that made it outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee are back in the company’s ...
43 monkeys remain on the run from South Carolina lab. CEO …
6 days ago · The Alpha Genesis compound is regularly inspected by federal officials. In 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture fined Alpha Genesis $12,600 in part after officials said 26 primates escaped from the Yemassee facility in 2014 and an additional 19 got out in 2016.
Escaped monkeys in SC: 1 monkey caught after Alpha Genesis …
5 days ago · USA TODAY. 0:05. 0:30. One monkey has been captured after 43 monkeys escaped from Alpha Genesis, a primate research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, this week. Yemassee is a small town about ...
Monkeys who escaped from Alpha Genesis in Yemassee, SC still …
6 days ago · In March of 2023, Alpha Genesis also took over the management of South Carolina's Morgan Island, also known as "Monkey Island," home to about 3,500 rhesus monkeys, The Post and Courier reported.
43 monkeys escape from a South Carolina medical lab | AP News
Nov 7, 2024 · A police chief in South Carolina says there is no “almost no danger” to the public after 43 monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research. Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander says the monkeys from the Alpha Genesis faculty aren't infected with any diseases and are harmless and probably skittish.
Alpha Genesis research lab, where monkeys escaped, has …
1 day ago · Latest News Stories ... Officials have already captured the rest of the 43 animals that initially escaped Wednesday from Alpha Genesis, a research lab in Yemassee, SC. ... South Carolina and ...