Pet spider monkey escapes from owner — is later lured back and caught with a cup of coffee

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Monkey running loose around rural SC is caught … with a cup of hot coffee

EUTAWVILLE — Most monkeys like bananas. Ava prefers a hot cup of coffee. The pet spider monkey escaped her owner and roamed ...
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Animal rights group wants Dez Bryant to release pet monkey to sanctuary

Animal rights group PETA has called on authorities to investigate whether Dallas Cowboys star receiver Dez Bryant is in illegal possession of a baby monkey, asking for the animal to be transferred to ...
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Man arrested threatens to ‘blow up’ veterinary hospital over pet spider monkey, police say

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - A Tennessee man is facing charges after police say he threatened to blow up the University of Tennessee Veterinary Hospital. According to police, the incident ...
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Loose pet monkey in Oklahoma attacks woman and rips part of her ear off: 'It's absolutely scary'

DICKSON, Okla. -- A woman in Oklahoma says she's traumatized after she was attacked by someone's pet monkey on her own front porch. Brittany Parker said she was sitting inside her home in Dickson, ...
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Missouri ranks high in primate ownership. Here’s why experts warn against it

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 ...