The federal government is now involved in the case of Jorgie Boy, the spider monkey at the center of a custody battle in North Texas. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service demanded that the monkey be ...

IRVING — The future of Jorgie Boy, a spider monkey whose story has gone viral in North Texas, is up in the air as his former owner and an animal shelter fight for custody of the primate. Pets, even ...

An internet-famous spider monkey named Jorgie Boy faces a long recovery but is settling into his new home, says the owner of a sanctuary that took him in. Jorgie Boy has metabolic bone disease caused ...

IRVING, Texas — The spider monkey confiscated from a Dallas influencer following a single-car crash in Dallas in which police suspected her of driving while intoxicated will be returned to his ...

An influencer is fighting to get back her internet-famous monkey, Jorgie Boy — even though the unpermitted pet was found deathly sick and malnourished in a car crash where his owner says she had ...

NORTH TEXAS, Texas (KTVT) — Brandi Botello said she is “home” for spider monkey Jorgie Boy. The animal, nearly 3 years old, was taken from the 31-year-old influencer more than a month ago. Tuesday ...