At the 2025 Sangamon County Fair, capuchin monkeys Gilligan and Bert were reportedly dressed in children’s clothing and tethered to dogs’ backs as the dogs raced around a ring. A witness told the Chicago Tribune that the monkeys grabbed at a rail as if trying to get off. Now, a new Illinois law prohibits the […] The post Illinois Expands Traveling Animal Act Ban to Big Cats, Bears, and Primates appeared first on Lady Freethinker.
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