On April 14, investigators with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Bureau of Environmental Crimes unit in Erie County responded to a report about a Grand Island resident ...

A spider monkey suffering from poor care was turned over to Department of Environmental Conservation officers last month on Grand Island. DEC investigators responded to a Grand Island home on April 14 ...

A spider monkey might look like the kind of animal someone would see in a movie or a viral video and think, “That’s adorable, I want one.” But in New York State, that’s exactly where things go off the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A spider monkey has been transported to a sanctuary after being kept as an illegal pet at a Grand Island home, the Department of Environmental Conservation said Friday. On April ...

GRAND ISLAND, NY — New York's Department of Environmental Conservation is releasing new details about the seizure of a monkey, which was being kept illegally as a pet on Grand Island. According to ...

GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Grand Island resident is accused of illegally keeping a spider monkey as a pet, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The DEC said on ...