Borders across the nation have become a breeding ground for illegal smuggling activity. While the eyes of the state are focused on the distribution of narcotics and migrant travel, a dark side of the ...

Two of six spider monkeys illegally brought into California are shown above with their troopmates where they are now living at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. (U.S. Attorney's Office) A Texas man was busted ...

Shame on the Post-Dispatch for publishing a shockingly irresponsible story on monkeys as pets. ("Meet folks who own monkeys, and learn what that's like, " Nov. 12 print edition.) The story states that ...

A baby spider monkey is starting a new chapter at the Oakland Zoo after she was rescued by authorities during a methamphetamine bust in Solano County earlier this month. On May 6, Solano County ...

(KRON) — A baby monkey was likely abducted from her mother by poachers before she became someone’s illegal exotic pet in California, Oakland Zoo officials told KRON4. The adorable five-month-old ...

The spider monkey, believed to be 1 month old, has since been taken to the Oakland Zoo, according to authorities Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of ...

Behind the pet monkey debate in Prairie Village looms a larger story: the cruelty and danger of the pet primate trade. (Dec. 17, 6A, “Johnson County city may ban pet monkeys. The only owner is ...