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Adriana Orme was also accused of sharing a sick photo of a baby monkey being tortured. She is also charged with uploading 26 videos of the torture and sharing it around the world

Last week, environmentalists had reported that 138 of the midsize primates, known for their roaring vocal calls, had been found dead in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco since May 16

The large noses of the male proboscis monkey have evolved to attract mates, new research has found. The endangered species' droopy snout has been the topic of much debate

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. After two British women were charged over their involvement in a monkey torture network, we take a look inside the sick world where primates were brutally injured and killed using blenders, power drills and acid

Morbidly obese macaque Godzilla, who loved junk food, became a tourist attraction after he was spotted wearing overly tight T-shirts at a market stall in Bangkok, Thailand

Holly LeGresley, 37, from Kidderminster, and Adriana Orme, 55, of Upton-upon Severn, are accused of publishing an obscene article and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal

Dilnawaz Hussain was jailed for more than 11 years after he attacked two women with a monkey wrench after one helped police by providing CCTV of him in Colne

US federal prosecutors charge Michael Macartney, alias 'Torture King' as the ringleader of a global monkey torture network, with further charges against members in the US and UK

Tasmin Tricker, from Coulsdon, South London, 'panicked' when a monkey leapt on her head and tried to munch her finger whilst she was on holiday in Marrakesh, Morocco

Thai police have now been given wooden catapults to use against the macaques which jump on cars and steal food from local businesses and visitors and vandalise property, but tourists like them

The youngster was outside a shop on a busy road when they were mauled by the ape, with the incident caught on camera - but onlookers failed to intervene during the attack

Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire is now home to a one-week-old Francois' langur - who comes from a family of monkeys listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List

Rosie is an adult female pygmy marmoset weighing in at just 108g - and she's already developed a crush on her new male companion

Residents in Bainbridge, Georgia, a small town of around 14,000, are urging the City Council to block plans by a controversial company called Safer Human Medicine to build a 200-acre monkey farm complex

Olive's birth at Chester Zoo provides hope for the highly threatened spider monkey species is vulnerable to extinction in the wild, with more than 80 per cent of its population having been lost in the last 50 years

The Mirror have exposed a long line of cruel and heartless Brits who travel to Africa to ­ruthlessly slaughter majestic giraffes, lions, zebras and even monkeys

A monkey sugar-rush sparked a huge invasion of hyper-sexual and brutally violent creatures during a popular festival in the Far East, with locals having to flee

Depending on what you see first can give an insight into your deepest personality traits - so are you creative and innovative or are you analytical and organised?

A missing raccoon has been on-the-run in Sunderland for about seven weeks after running away from his farm, whereas his two pals were rescued by the promise of hot dogs

This week Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that Labour would not be reversing the Conservative's scrapping of the banker bonus cap if they got back into power

After five days on the run, a rogue monkey was finally captured, after the adorable primate fell foul to the tempting smell of a good old-fashioned Yorkshire pudding

John 'Jack' Campbell, also known as the 'Monkey Man', murdered his love rival on the remote island of Sanday, Orkney and was ordered to spend at least 15 years behind bars

The Japanese macaque, nicknamed 'Kingussie Kong', fled his enclosure in Kincraig, Scotland, on Sunday and is yet to be captured - despite being spotted stealing nuts from locals

An escaped monkey has been spotted on the run in the UK days after it fled a zoo amid a huge drone search. Members of the public have been urged not to approach the animal

An escaped monkey sparked a major search and rescue operation, after the Japanese macaque got out of its enclosure at a wildlife park and started roaming through a quiet village in freezing temperatures