Harris mentioned that the updated order came about as a result of recent calls about owning monkeys. “A lady here called my office and said, ‘Hey, can I own this monkey?,’ and we said ‘no,’” Harris ...

Not only is it illegal to own primates as pets in California, but it’s also especially frowned upon to possess baby spider monkeys. The species is endangered, and infants require constant ...

The updated language agreed upon by commissioners now includes monkeys along with lions, tigers, hyenas, pandas, elephants ...

A Texas man was sentenced to four months in custody for smuggling six rare baby spider monkeys over the Mexican border and attempting to sell them over Facebook, officials said. Sarmad Ghaled ...

A Texas man was sentenced for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys, too young to be separated from their mothers, into Southern California.