A US-based online chat group is paying to watch videos of “monkey torture”, animal advocacy campaigners have discovered. Individuals can either buy their own private baby monkey or they join ...

A Texas man was sentenced for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys, too young to be separated from their mothers, into Southern California.

Sarmad Ghaled Dafar was sentenced to four months in custody for smuggling six, rare baby spider monkeys over the Mexican border and attempting to sell them over Facebook, officials said.

Man sentenced for illegally trafficking baby spider monkeys across U.S.-Mexico border Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, was sentenced to four months in custody and 180 days home confinement for smuggling ...

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 ...

Spider monkeys discovered by CBP officers during apparent smuggling attempt in Calexico, California. (Courtesy: U.S. Customs and Border Protection) ...

Man sentenced for illegally trafficking baby spider monkeys across California-Mexico border Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, was sentenced to four months in custody and 180 days home confinement for ...