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. According to Stewart, there are a lot of primate owners in ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) supports the reintroduction of the Captive Primate Safety Act (CPSA), which addresses the cruel and dangerous problem of pet primate ownership in the ...

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 spider ...

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 ...

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 ...

California treats most non-domesticated wildlife as restricted by default, which is just one reason why it has some of the tightest exotic pet laws in the country. With tightly controlled exceptions ...