Once only pets for the wealthy, chimps achieved an exalted place in American popular culture 80 years ago, and the latest chapter of that love affair comes with the release of “Chimpanzee." A Disney ...

Did the chimps' mothers give their permission? Just because someone has too much money and too much free time does not give them the right to own chimps as pets. It's obvious that not a lot of thought ...

We've all heard stories of outlandish celebrity pets: Mike Tyson's tigers, Slash's snakes, Tracy Morgan's octopus and more. However, one that stood out as being more along the lines of a companion as ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Again, the tragic peril of pet chimpanzees - and Missouri's lax regulation of exotic animals - is splashed across the headlines.