The monkeys are "believed to be in the wooded region surrounding the facility" and the police is assisting Alpha Genesis staff in corralling them.

Police say residents of Yemassee, South Carolina, should keep their doors and windows locked until the primates are found.

Forty-three monkeys bred for research escaped from their South Carolina compound Wednesday, but they haven’t gone far. The animals, all young female rhesus macaques, made a break for it after an employee at the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee neglected to latch the doors to an enclosure that housed 50 monkeys.

Alpha Genesis did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for a comment on the incident. It is also not known if the monkeys were carrying any disease. However, this is not

Monkey mayhem continues as 42 primates remain on the loose from a research facility in South Carolina. On Wednesday, 43 rhesus macaque primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemassee.

Escaped lab monkeys were spotted in a wooded area in Yemassee, South Carolina. The 43 Rhesus Macaques escaped Alpha Genesis lab on Wednesday. Some were spotted on Friday in a woodland near the facility.

Forty-three rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from the research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina and they are running loose as authorities try to bait them back to the compound. Here is what we know.