PETA calls for the federal response to 22 Monkeys in the South Carolina Research Facility die

People for the ethical treatment of animals (PETA) demand that a research institution in South Carolina is exposed to an inspection report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that reveal the deaths of 22 monkeys.

According to the USDA inspection report, an employee of Alpha Genesis in Yemassee discovered the animals in a field cage on the night of November 22, 2024. The employee immediately contacted additional staff who reacted to the situation.

The USDA reports that 32 of the 54 affected Cynomolgus monkeys survived.

According to the facility, the clinical representation of the animals, the lack of high temperatures or natural gas smells indicated the likely presence of carbon monoxide gas.

In addition, the findings of the necropsia and histopathology matched the died animals with the exposure to carbon monoxide.

The deaths occurred only a few weeks after 43 Rhesus -Makaque monkeys from the research facility escaped.

On January 24, 2025, Alpha Genesis -CEO Grege Westergaard confirmed that all 43 monkeys were safely recaptured. At that time, Westergaard said that all monkeys seemed to be in good health.

On July 15, 2025, Kathy Guillermo, Senior Vice President of Peta, published the following explanation:

“Since Alpha Genesis cannot maintain the legally defined minimum standards for animal welfare or not. Peta was first revealed the unused deaths of the 22 Monkeys from whistleblower reports and is again strongly opening to the national institutes of health to the Maka-Monpha genesis. Monpha Genesis. institutional failures.

For the USDA report about the escape of 43 monkeys, click here.