Police have warned local residents not to approach the animals Residents of a town in South Carolina have been warned to avoid potentially infectious monkeys after 40 animals escaped from a nearby research facility. The monkeys somehow made it out of the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee, about 60 miles (100km) southwest of Charleston, on Wednesday. “Traps have been set up around the area, and the Yemassee Police Department is currently on-site utilizing thermal imaging cameras