Pet primates are a dangerous national epidemic. It’s estimated that there are 15,000 nonhuman primates – chimps, monkeys and others – in captivity in the United States. They are often ...

For most pet primates in the United States, life is marked by chronic stress, malnutrition and illness — if they survive at all. A bill in Congress would aim to make ownership of captive ...

Stewart says she and her husband saw a need for a South Mississippi primate shelter due to the rise in baby monkeys on the exotic pet market.

"Chimp Crazy,” the four-part docuseries premiering August 18 on HBO Max, aims to expose the dangerous and cruel trade in primates as pets that has destroyed lives — both human and nonhuman — across ...

Using real apes and monkeys as actors in film and TV encourages people to see them as pets.

To the editor: The recent case of a young spider monkey rescued during a drug bust in Vallejo highlights the urgent need to ban the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in this country (“Baby ...

In 2023, Stewart adopted Louie, then still a baby, from someone who could no longer care for him. Stewart researched issues of people illegally owning and trading primates, and wanted to provide a ...

Discover the legal status of owning monkeys in Kansas and Missouri, including regulations on exotic pets and Frankie the capuchin monkey's story in Shawnee.

SANFORD, Fla. (CBS12) — Three baby spider monkeys have found a new home at the Central Florida Zoo. According to zoo officials, the three primates were confiscated at the U.S-Mexico border ...