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

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

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

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

An endangered spider monkey found during a narcotics-related search warrant in Vallejo last week is now recovering at the ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...