Captive Primate Safety Act aims to curb illegal pet trade in the U.S. On a recent day at the Oakland Zoo's animal hospital, across the bay from San Francisco, an endangered Mexican spider monkey leaps ...

Earlier this month, Oakley Reign the spider monkey went somewhere new: Prairie Village City Hall. As the northeast Johnson County city considers changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to ...

You're not allowed to have a pet monkey in Connecticut unless you got one before Oct. 1, 2010, according to state law.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The real question is not the legality of having a pet monkey, but the ethics of keeping these creatures in captivity. Behind the ...

Pet Stop, a locally owned pet store and “indoor zoo,” has operated in Shawnee since 1976. Madeline King If you recently walked into Pet Stop — a local pet store operating in Shawnee since 1976 — you ...

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 ...