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Texas Man Sentenced for Trafficking Endangered Spider Monkeys

4/24/2025

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Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, a Texas resident, faces four months in prison for trafficking six endangered spider monkeys in California. He must also pay $23,501.70 in restitution. The monkeys, cruelly separated from their mothers, were discovered malnourished and traumatized but have since been rehabilitated and relocated to Brookfield Zoo in Illinois, where they can thrive.

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Story summary

Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, a Texas resident, faces four months in prison for trafficking six endangered spider monkeys in California. He must also pay $23,501.70 in restitution. The monkeys, cruelly separated from their mothers, were discovered malnourished and traumatized but have since been rehabilitated and relocated to Brookfield Zoo in Illinois, where they can thrive.