I can't believe they can do this

cata_mint

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I was looking at the animals on http://www.ukclassifieds.co.uk/page-s557_0.html and I swear they sell everything! Civets, monkeys, marmosets...

I had no idea this was legal, and all the poor monkeys are sold with daipers and baby clothes for less than £1000 each! To anyone who wants them! Advertising them as Xmas presents! And there are so many! I had no idea that people just Bought and Bred and then Sold on helpless monkeys like that!

There are also tigers, but that Has to be a hoax.
http://www.ukclassifieds.co.uk/tiger...e-o153422.html
A monkey advert
http://www.ukclassifieds.co.uk/babie...e-o150754.html
I'm just so ANGRY
 

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When I was just a teenager I worked in one of these exotic pet shops. All of these things are sold; I do not believe any to be a hoax from my personal experience. What I do wonder about is the UK url, but the Michigan address.
 

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Well, I am a special education teacher, and one of my associates is from England. When she was a child, she had a monkey as a pet, and he lived with her family for years, and was a treasured friend for her as a child.

Don't ask me what people are doing now as far as exotic pets. When I owned dwarf hamsters a few years ago (pre-kitty), that was about as exotic as it got for me.
 

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Originally Posted by Persi

When I was just a teenager I worked in one of these exotic pet shops. All of these things are sold; I do not believe any to be a hoax from my personal experience. What I do wonder about is the UK url, but the Michigan address.
I think they have it listed on the uk site instead of a us site, because they don't have laws (or as many laws) against it, mabey? If this ad was placed on sell.com.us (example site of course) it would be flag or removed so quick it would make their head spin! The second some one put an ad on a us classified site, I think there would be as many complaints as it gets veiwed. I can't say that's why it's ok on the site it's on, I don't know uk laws, but that's my quess why they didn't put it on a us site.

If I had the room and money, I would buy it! I would give it proper care and handleing until it was taken away from me that is (it's very illegal) Why, so it didn't end up in some idiots hands living in a dog crate in an apartment eatting cat food having horrible neglect untill some one finally steped in and removed it, causeing it health damage, ect. No, I don't think they should be pets, and I don't want one so I can have a cool pet, I just hate to see these lovely creatures fall into the hands they do. By having it, it keeps morons that think they make good pets from having it. As far as a monkey, I have always wanted one! I would love to have one that wasn't taken care of properly and siezed, I would never "buy one from a breeder" and support the crazy theory that monkeys should be kept as pets, but if I had the oppertunity, I would get a capuchin or pigmy marmoset in a heart beat! (of course caring for one that is already a pet, not a baby from a breeder!)
 
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