Los Angeles (Reuters) – Two men were charged with animal cruelty after 15 monkeys they were shipping from Guyana to Thailand were found dead at Los Angeles International Airport, prosecutors said yesterday.
Florida-based wild animal broker Robert Matson Conyers, 44, and Akhtar Hussain, a Guyana supplier, have each been charged with 10 counts of animal cruelty, Los Angeles City Attorney’s spokesman Frank Mateljan said.
Conyers appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, Mateljan said, while Hussain remains and large and was
