The sheriff’s office said it was told by the driver of the truck “that the monkeys were dangerous and posed a threat to ...

SAN DIEGO -- A Texas man was sentenced in federal court Friday for smuggling six Mexican baby spider monkeys into the U.S. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and ...

A 33-year-old Texas man was sentenced in San Diego federal court Friday for coordinating the smuggling of at least six protected baby Mexican spider monkeys through the Calexico Port of Entry, ...

Texas border patrol agents found seven baby spider monkeys tucked inside a backpack this month at the Mexico border. U.S. Customs and Border Protecti / Courtesy Texas border patrol agents found seven ...

The videos, which were shared online, showed baby monkeys being crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled and mutilated. A federal judge in Cincinnati on Sept. 30 said the videos were among the ...

HOUSTON (WJW) – A Texas man was sentenced to prison for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys into the United States, prosecutors announced on Monday. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of Houston, was ...

A Texas man was busted for trafficking vulnerable Mexican baby spider monkeys, who were too young to be separated from their mothers, into San Diego and selling them on Facebook. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to the arrival of a new baby squirrel monkey! And the best part? You can see this precious new arrival in person starting Friday, July 11, at ...