Artie Morace, the owner of the three emu birds of which two have escaped, said it was an accident and is not facing any charges.

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’

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.

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."

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. His first emu jumped a 6-foot fence, and when he tried to grab her, all he caught was a handful of feathers.