Multiple USDA representatives were unable to verify whether the company is certified to operate under the Animal Welfare Act.

Gorillas are beautiful animals of enormous size! They are easy to recognize as they thump their chests with muscular arms and ...

After taking in pet surrenders initially ... As adults, the lemurs eat a combination of nutritional “monkey biscuits” and fresh produce like blueberries, bananas, strawberries, raspberries ...

Visitors to Vienna Zoo received an Easter surprise with the arrival of a young ring-tailed lemur at the Monkey Island exhibit. The baby lemur is seen in the video curiously observing its ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio is one of the most difficult places to own exotic animals in the U.S., with a comprehensive ban on many animals. Although Ohioans cannot own lions, tigers or bears ...

And while his focus is on those, he also accepts monkeys removed from abusive environments — not just neglectful pet owners but ... me to a large troop of lemurs, confiscated from a roadside ...

Jimmy Hammonds has a criminal history of illegally dealing in primates and may have dealt pet monkeys to celebrities ... and ruffed and ring-tailed lemurs were once advertised.

Even endangered species, like Diana monkeys, lemurs, and gibbons ... estimates there are 15,000 primates kept as pets in the United States. Veterinarian Kevin Wright of the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona ...

“Chimp Crazy” focuses on chimpanzees, but other primate species flood the exotic pet trade, including baboons, capuchins, lemurs, macaques and marmosets. Wild animals, including ...

Texans also don’t need an exotic pet license to buy a monkey, making ownership extremely easy in the Lone Star state. This blanketing somewhat extends to other primates, including lemurs, which can ...

From April 2026, it will be illegal to keep monkeys, lemurs and other primates without a licence. The Exotic Pet Refuge in Lincolnshire already has two monkey houses, accommodating 20 primates.

The government has been told that new regulations on keeping primates as pets in England falls short of a full ban. The new rules make it illegal to keep monkeys, lemurs, and other primates ...