Captive Primate Safety Act aims to curb illegal pet trade in the U.S. On a recent day at the Oakland Zoo's animal hospital, across the bay from San Francisco, an endangered Mexican spider monkey leaps ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The real question is not the legality of having a pet monkey, but the ethics of keeping these creatures in captivity. Behind the ...

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 ...

While the population of the monkey is still dangerously small – its last estimated total at around 250 – Fauna & Flora’s conservation team in Vietnam is hopeful that the species is steadily rebounding ...

Earlier this month, Oakley Reign the spider monkey went somewhere new: Prairie Village City Hall. As the northeast Johnson County city considers changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to ...

Earlier this month, Oakley Reign the spider monkey went somewhere new: Prairie Village City Hall. As the northeast Johnson County city considers changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to ...

Pet Stop, a locally owned pet store and “indoor zoo,” has operated in Shawnee since 1976. Madeline King If you recently walked into Pet Stop — a local pet store operating in Shawnee since 1976 — you ...

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 ...