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.

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 43 monkeys bred for medical research escaped a compound at the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, South Carolina. While they could not be located for a few days, they were finally spotted in the woods near the medical site,

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,