Emus escape from enclosure a week after monkeys escaped from research center in South Carolina

Two large emus have unsettled locals in South Carolina, a week after dozens of monkeys escaped from a research facility in the Palmetto State.

Sam Moraes took to social media to plead with Loris residents who have reported sightings of the elusive, winged creatures to avoid killing the flightless birds after they escaped from their father’s enclosure in the summer.

“To everyone who keeps looking at the emu, yes it’s mine. “Two of them are out” Moraes Posted on Facebook on Tuesday.

“They were released three months ago. They are wild and not as trained as the ones we have at home. Local law enforcement is already at my house, trying to get a tranquilizer approved so we can bring them home.

Horry County officials said The Sun News They are working to locate and capture large birds native to Australia Residents took to social media After getting a glimpse of the birds in your backyard and on local highways.

“First the monkeys and now the emu!” South Carolina Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Greg Lucas told the outlet.

“SC could be the new Florida!”

total 43 monkeys Alpha Genesis medical research facility in Yemassee exited Some of the remaining primates ended up living in a rural area after a worker left the door of their enclosure open last Thursday.

By Monday, 30 of the beloved fugitives They are back safely in the company’s custody after employees lured them with food, police said in a statement.

The facility breeds rhesus macaques to sell to medical facilities and other researchers.

Police urged residents to maintain distance from unruly monkeys and avoid flying drones in the area.