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Chris Brown and Swae Lee's animal dealer Jim Hammonds has had his Animal Welfare license terminated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A Parrish man will serve house arrest and pay an almost $100,000 fine for trafficking protected primates.

DOJ said Jimmy Wayne Hammonds conspired to sell a capuchin monkey to a celebrity for $12,000 who wasn’t licensed to own it in California.

The Florida man who self-identified as "the Monkey Whisperer," has been sentenced to five years probation for illegally transporting and selling primates.

He can “Kiss Kiss” his freedom goodbye.

Chris Brown’s monkey dealer Jimmy Wayne Hammonds landed in trouble as the United States Department of Agriculture has received a letter to revoke his license for dealing in exotic...

A Central Florida man known as The Monkey Whisperer pleaded guilty after federal officials say he illegally sold a capuchin monkey "to a celebrity client in California," who PETA identified as entertainer Chris Brown.

A Central Florida man known as The Monkey Whisperer pleaded guilty after federal officials say he illegally sold a capuchin monkey "to a celebrity client in California," who PETA identified as entertainer Chris Brown.

Jimmy Wayne Hammonds, 57, of Parrish, Fla., nicknamed "the Monkey Whisperer," faces up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to violating the Endangered Species Act by transporting and selling primates, including a capuchin monkey and cotton-top tamarins.

A Florida man known as the “Monkey Whisperer” pleaded guilty to selling an endangered primate to a celebrity client in California.