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All four baboons accounted for after briefly escaping from SA facility

Four baboons escaped from a research facility on the far west side on Saturday and all four were returned safely.

According to the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, four baboons left their enclosure around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday.

According to a spokesperson from the institute, three were captured within 20 minutes of their escape and the fourth was officially accounted for on Saturday evening.

“Our immediate concern has been for the safety of the animals, personnel and our neighbors in the surrounding area,” the institute said in a press release. “Our animal capture team and entire animal care team acted diligently to locate, secure and account for all four baboons.”

The institute says that they house 2500 total primates on their premises located on the far west side, 1100 of them baboons.

#KENS5eyewitness Jannell Bouton shares these pictures of one of the baboons that escaped a west-side medical research facility on Saturday. The institute is working to confirm that all four of the escaped baboons have been captured.

The institute says that the primates at the facility are used for lifestyle disorder research such as hypertension and diabetes.

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