Chunky monkeys at two British zoos have been banned from eating bananas. Bosses at Paignton and Bristol Zoos have put its simians on a strict slimming diet after discovering the sweet yellow ...

LONDON– Monkeys and bananas. It’s as natural a pairing as squirrels and nuts or movies and popcorn. Not any more, says one zoo in southwest England. Paignton Zoo in Devon is grabbing ba… ...

Wild monkeys do eat bananas, but the bananas that monkeys are fed in zoos are cultivated for humans to have more sugar. These bananas are just too sweet for primates.

Monkeys have been banned from eating bananas by a British zoo because food grown for people is too sweet and sugary for them, officials said Monday. “Giving this fruit to animals is equivalent ...

ALBANY – No more monkey business says one Albany Democrat. State Sen. James Skoufis (D-New Windsor) wants to crack down on animal cruelty following controversy about “banana races” at the ...

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