LOL. I want to somehow get a Chimp..... IS it possible?
I mean... If I get the money to buy it maybe some african ebay company sells monkeys lol? Would it be legal? Should I get a Permit? What would I need to obtain in order to keep an ape?
2007-10-02 09:01:40 · 8 answers · asked by Damian R 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Get a gorilla suite, and spend the night at the zoo. When everyone leaves for the night "borrow" the monkey.
2007-10-02 09:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by Jon S 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I back up everything that D said--just going to add this:
They're dangerous.
There have been a number of documented cases of apes and monkeys turning on their owners and causing serious injury, no matter how tame they were in the past, or for how long they were kept. Broken arms. Bruises. Hair ripped out of one lady's scalp. Deep gashes in another person's hand.
Those animals belong in the wild; they aren't domesticated. They require much more care than any other pet--almost as much as a human child, and they live for a very, very long time.
2007-10-02 17:06:53 · answer #2 · answered by Rattiefuzz 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My advice is don't !! I had friends who had a Chimp in the house AND THE STINK in their beautiful home was beyond belief!
Sorry to be so negative! Some dogs smell up a house but a CHIMP is 100 X Worse.
2007-10-02 16:13:42 · answer #3 · answered by kiltie_nanaimo 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You're asking these questions and haven't already done your homework?! You are NOT ready for an exotic pet!
Do you really want to be responsible for creating such a demand, then having unscrupulous people go out and get one just to satisfy your entertainment? It's a lot of work to keep an exotic. Why not let the professionals do it?
Do you realize what happens to fulfill the demands of people like you? Poachers go and round up the chimps. The adults will protect the babies, so the poachers will hack at them with machetes or guns, and kill as many as 12 adults just to get one baby. Do you really want to be responsible for that kind of slaughter? Let the monkeys live free and unharmed.
If you won't listen to reason, then at least educate yourself if you're going to ruin some poor creature's life. After all, would you like to spend your life in a house alone? Never to go out or see others of your own kind? Never to see anything else? To live in solitary confinement just so some alien species can look at you? This is what you will be condemning the poor thing to for life. We are not talking about some beautiful vase you can stick in a corner of the room and view as you walk by on occasion. This is a living being with its own wants and needs and feelings.
Go to a zoo and speak with the staff. Find out what it takes to provide an environment within your home for such a creature. You will need special food, immunizations, etc. These are not one-time costs, they are ongoing. And remember, if your monkey becomes ill, you MUST provide proper medical care for him/her no matter what it costs. And since you will need to find a vet that specializes in exotic species, it will cost more. Do you have the financial resources to properly provide for an exotic pet? Remember, it is his/her RIGHT BY LAW to receive medical care when needed. To deny it is abuse. What about the future? Will you be (pick one): going to college, getting married, lose your job, having a baby, starting a new job, etc? Don't go out and get an exotic species, suddenly become "downsized" from your job one day, then whine when you can't properly care for him/her. You cannot tell an exotic species, "Sorry but I lost my job and I can't afford to feed you." These reasons are why it's tough enough for the professionals to care for such animals year after year, let alone one person. This is why it takes lots of dollars, usually supported by a major corporation, to run an establishment with exotics.
You'd better think long and hard before you run out and attempt this. As my father used to say, "Anybody can go out and buy something. It doesn't take any brains to do that. What kills you is the MAINTENANCE!" In your case, it would be financial failure. But to the monkey it would mean the ruin of his or her LIFE. Do you really want to do that to another being simply so you can relish the initial, short-term stares of people driving by when you walk the monkey down the street?!
2007-10-02 16:28:12 · answer #4 · answered by D 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
call the department of natural resources in your state and ask them. they are the ones that have to give you the permit in order to own exotic pets any way. they will have the answers you are looking for. they should be in the front of the phone book under state government
2007-10-02 16:18:45 · answer #5 · answered by g g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may as well adopt a baby. Apes and monkeys need just as much care and supervision.
2007-10-02 16:27:19 · answer #6 · answered by Leslie L 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it's illegal to have monkeys at home because they can get aggressive and hurt somebody else. why wold you want a monkey for, wouldn't you rather have another pet that is not so hard to get, like a dog.
2007-10-02 16:19:43 · answer #7 · answered by susana l 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is illegal to own, or buy a chimpanzee, or gorilla.
2007-10-02 16:20:03 · answer #8 · answered by Audra S 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋