A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigation in Florida busted a "deeply disturbing" illegal animal cruelty operation involving baby monkeys by U.S. citizen Francisco Javier Ravelo.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In early 2026, images and videos appearing to show a baby monkey holding an orangutan plush toy went viral on social media. While ...

A South Florida man pleaded guilty Monday to distributing videos that depicted the sexual torture and mutilation of baby monkeys, prosecutors said. Francisco Javier Ravelo, 36, of Coral Gables, was ...

Punch the monkey can't catch a break. Punch, a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, went viral earlier in the week for dragging a stuffed orangutan around his enclosure. The baby monkey was ...