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Monkey found chained to dumpster in Jerusalem as police investigate illegal wildlife trade

A vervet monkey was found chained to a dumpster in east Jerusalem, Israel Police announced Thursday. During operations in the city’s Silwan neighborhood, Border Police officers found the primate ...
Mongabay

Report alleges criminality in Cambodian, Vietnamese monkey trade

A new report is the latest to bolster long-standing allegations that many long-tailed macaques imported into the U.S. for biomedical research were illegally caught from the wild and falsely labeled as ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Spider monkeys belong in the wild, not in the brutal pet primate trade

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 ...
WTOC-TV

‘They’ve had a tough life’: Saint Louis Zoo takes in spider monkeys recovering from illegal wildlife trade

ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - Anyone can now visit the young Mexican spider monkeys living at the Saint Louis Zoo, but their journey was far from easy. Four young spider monkeys are now happily ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

STL Zoo saves endangered spider monkeys from pet trade

ST. LOUIS – At the Saint Louis Zoo in Primate Canopy Trails, a series of walkways and paths take visitors up close with four new, endangered spider monkeys. “We have Ozomatli, Chico, Xochitl, and Cula ...