The animal’s owner agreed to surrender the monkey, now named Violeta, to the Oakland Zoo after the Sonoma County Sheriff’s ...

Violeta the baby spider monkey is beginning a new chapter at the Oakland Zoo after she was rescued by authorities during a ...

This is the zoo’s second spider monkey rescue of the year. They are one of the world’s most trafficked animals ...

Deputies stopped the 50-year-old man on May 6, 2025 in Vallejo. The next day, they found drugs and exotic animals while ...

Violeta, an 18-month-old spider monkey, was rescued after law enforcement executed a search warrant on a Northern California home allegedly tied to a drug case.

The Oakland Zoo is taking care of a female spider monkey seized Thursday by the Solano County Sheriff’s Office during a ...

The Solano County Sheriff's Office says a traffic stop turned into a rescue mission that now involves the Oakland Zoo.

A traffic stop in California earlier this month led authorities to search a man’s home, where they found a spider monkey, ...

During a major Northern California drug bust last week, authorities discovered a baby spider monkey and two rattlesnakes in the person’s home. The discovery came after deputies from the Solano County ...