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Escaped Primate Roams Walterboro, SC for Second Day

Authorities urge residents to avoid the animal, suspected to be a macaque, as efforts to capture it continue.

  • The Colleton County Sheriff's Office has advised the public to report sightings but not approach the primate.
  • The animal's owner, who remains unidentified, has enlisted help to recapture the primate.
  • A video shows the primate, with a red face, on a shed roof, and another sighting was reported in a yard.
  • There have been reports of the primate attempting to attack a dog, prompting warnings to monitor pets.
  • South Carolina law prohibits owning great apes, but smaller primates like macaques may be legal pets.
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