Cute baby spider monkeys have become popular on social media — but the journey of those babies to the U.S. is often a dark path. Poachers are going into the forests of Mexico, shooting families of monkeys, and ripping the babies from their mothers’ backs after they fall to the ground. After sedating, binding and stuffing the monkeys into bags, the animals are then sold to people as pets on social media. https://cbsn.ws/47e24xd | CBS News

CBS News and Inside Edition took a deeper look into the growing trend of #endangered baby #spidermonkeys being trafficked, driven in part, experts say, by people showing them off on social media. After Inside Edition went undercover as a potential buyer, connecting with two baby spider monkey sellers advertising on #TikTok before meeting them in person in #Texas parking lots, we found that the baby animals are being taken from their mothers after poachers kill their families. Inside Edition did