Watching videos of pet monkeys online can be entertaining, and it is easy to see why some people imagine that owning one might be fun. But is keeping a monkey as a pet really a good idea? This ...

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. Toni Skelton may get to keep her pet spider monkey in her Prairie Village home, but the permission to do so comes with a new set ...

Adult female spider monkey Patty and one of four young spider monkeys who arrived at Saint Louis Zoo in spring 2025 after they were confiscated near the U.S. southern border walk through a tunnel at ...

You're not allowed to have a pet monkey in Rhode Island, but you can have a domestic water buffalo.

Toni Skelton may get to keep her pet spider monkey in her Prairie Village home, but the permission to do so comes with a new set of rules that keeps the pet and its owners on a tighter leash. On ...