Police in Horry County, South Carolina, said this week that they are searching for two missing emus that have been evading capture for months: "We are not emu-sed."

It’s a jungle out there! Multiple emus on the loose in South Carolina – while 8 escaped lab monkeys also still large - ‘They are feral and not trained like the ones we have at the house’

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. ( WMBF /Gray News) – More than a week after 43 monkeys escaped a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, residents in the state are on the lookout for someone’s pet emus. Artie Morace, 71, said two of his three emus got loose during two incidents earlier this year in June.

A pair of emus are on the loose in northern Horry County, three months after breaking free of their enclosure, police and the bird’s owner said. “For everyone that keeps seeing an emu, yes it is mine.

The CEO of a South Carolina research facility where dozens of monkeys escaped said the employee connected to the incident has not returned to work. FEMA is opening a disaster recovery center in Jefferson County to provide one-on-one help for Georgians affected by Hurricane Helene.