Once the monkey is fully recovered, the zoo will work with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Wildlife Confiscations Network to find her a home in an accredited zoo or sanctuary, where she can grow up in a troop of other spider monkeys.

When CHP officers stopped a luxury Rolls-Royce Ghost for speeding near Madera, they discovered containers of pot and an illegal pet baby spider monkey dressed in a onesie.

California Highway Patrol officers were floored by the 'next level monkey business' they discovered inside a speeding Rolls-Royce Ghost in Madera County on Monday night.

Whatever the monkey’s fate, one thing is very clear. Criminals sometimes do very dumb things. Speeding in a high-profile car while under the influence and while carrying various forms of contraband is a quick way to end up in jail. Just ask the driver of this Rolls Royce Ghost.

We didn’t have a baby spider monkey caught rolling around in a Rolls-Royce Ghost on our 2025 bingo card, so this story out of Madera County, California is bizarre. But California Highway Patrol found just that when they pulled over the speeding ultra-luxury car and arrested the driver for alleged DUI.

A malnourished spider monkey retrieved from a Rolls Royce during a suspected DUI traffic stop was recovering in Oakland Zoo, the zoo said on Friday, January 3. “Estimated to be five to six months old,