Authorities say Just eight monkeys remain free from the group who broke out of a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research.

There was animal mayhem in South Carolina as two emus went on the loose – while eight escaped monkeys were already at large. Reports of two large emus running riot in the city of Loris, in Horry County, SC, followed an incident last week when 43 monkeys escaped an Alpha Genesis facility in Beaufort County, SC, the Yemassee Police Department said.

Artie Morace, the owner of the three emu birds of which two have escaped, said it was an accident and is not facing any charges.

Police in Horry County, South Carolina, said this week that they are searching for two missing emus that have been evading capture for months: "We are not emu-sed."

The owner of the runaway birds warned residents of the area that they are feral and not trained. Law enforcement is currently with the owner to approve a tranquilizer to help bring the Emus home safet

More than half of the rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab have been recovered. As of Monday evening, 30 of the 43 furry runaways, that broke loose Wednesday from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemasee,

Authorities say two monkeys have been returned to a South Carolina compound that breeds the animals for medical research.

More than 40 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility after an employee left a door open. Slowly, they are being captured.

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. ( WMBF /Gray News) – More than a week after 43 monkeys escaped a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, residents in the state are on the lookout for someone’s pet emus. Artie Morace, 71, said two of his three emus got loose during two incidents earlier this year in June.