Madeline Bennett talks with PEOPLE about life with her two squirrel monkeys, Oakley and Oliver Sara Belcher is a digital news writer/editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

Madeline Bennett, a 22-year-old from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and animal enthusiast, has faced harsh criticism for keeping two pet monkeys at home ... to the next pandemic. First ever human case ...