Conservation dogs have been used to sniff out the scat of an endangered California species that has been in a population ...

A family in Medina County was able to escape a fast-moving fire, but one of their pets was killed and four others are missing ...

A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured just before a winter storm slammed the state. “Bananas” is how the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office described the ...

A baby monkey was rescued by CHP officers earlier this week from a suspected DUI driver in the Central Valley. Primates are illegal to own as pets in California.

“Primates are illegal to own as pets in California,” CHP-Madera explained in a Facebook post the following day, recounting the tale. “The monkey was safely taken by Animal Control where he ...

A routine traffic stop in California turned into a spectacle when surprised officers discovered a baby spider monkey wearing a onesie in a speeding Rolls-Royce Ghost. On December 30, 27-year-old ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Pet ownership in the U.S. has jumped significantly over the past three decades. As of 2024, 66% of U.S. households (86.9 million ...

The monkey is believed to be one month old and, in California, primates are illegal to own as pets. The driver, identified as Ali Mused Adel Mohamed, 27, was also found to be under the influence ...

Not only is it illegal to own primates as pets in California, but it's also especially dangerous to own a baby spider monkey, experts say. The young primates, which are endangered, require ...