An animal sanctuary has expressed alarm at research showing a lack of response from small primate owners to new UK animal welfare laws. The Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2024 ...

Shocking new Born Free data, released today, reveals the failings of new primate ownership legislation before it even comes into force.

Dr Alison Cronin MBE, director of Monkey World - Ape Rescue Centre in Bovington, near Wareham, Dorset, said "well-meaning ...

Violeta is an endangered Mexican spider monkey, about 18 months old, who was poached from the wild and smuggled into California, where it's illegal to keep primates as pets. (Oakland Zoo) On a recent ...

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 ...

Two rescued marmosets offer a glimpse into the devastating effects that being kept as a pet can have on primates, as new licencing laws look set to fail before they even begin.

On a recent day at the Oakland Zoo's animal hospital, across the bay from San Francisco, an endangered Mexican spider monkey leaps onto tree branches, climbs across platforms and swings on ropes in a ...