YEMASSEE, S.C. - Authorities in South Carolina are trying to capture 43 monkeys that escaped from a primate research facility. According to the Yemassee Police Department, the escape happened at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center. Police say 43 rhesus macaque primates got out of their enclosure and are on the run.

According to the police, the escaped rhesus monkeys are young females that have not been used for testing, with a spokesperson from Alpha Genesis confirming that they are “too young to carry disease”. “We want to assure the community that there is no health risk associated with these animals,” said the police in another statement.

Police are searching for more than 40 monkeys that escaped from a medical research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, on Nov. 6. Forty-three Rhesus macaque monkeys broke out out of the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center on Wednesday afternoon, according to a Yemassee Police Department statement.

Dozens of monkeys are on the loose in South Carolina. Residents in Yemassee and surrounding areas have been "strongly advised" to secure all doors and windows to prevent the animals from entering their homes.

Residents in a small South Carolina town are finding themselves in the middle of a real-life game of Jumanji after 43 monkeys escaped Wednesday from a research facility.

Police in a small South Carolina town are warning residents to keep their doors and windows locked after 43 monkeys escaped from a research facility.

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