u/Loser_Baby_19

On my feed recently came this pet monkey owner from somewhere in the Midwest region of the U.S. Very modest subscriber count but as we all know the damage done to these primates is the same whether 100 subscribers or a million subscribers. The primates suffer from a socially isolated existence with no autonomy or agency, and treated like perpetual toddlers/surrogate children. Plus the damage goes far beyond just these monkeys, the general public are swayed by these 'cute' images and videos and seek to purchase pet monkeys of their own.

Constantly fed human junk food like fruit rollups:

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Transported around in a vehicle with no primary cage inside the vehicle:

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Regularly taken out to the public for up close interactions:

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Constantly diapered, leashed, and treated like toddlers with no agency whatsoever. This particularly monkey is estimated to be around 8 years of age, let that sink in:

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I doubt this owner even has a USDA Class C exhibitor license, which is basically worthless, yes, but is required for any pet monkey owner that exploits their monkeys on social media and exhibits them to the public like this individual does.

Which leads us to the only real solution to ending this perpetual nightmare for pet primates in America, the Captive Primate Safety Act.

The current bills, H.R. 3199 in the House and S. 1594 in the Senate, are awaiting action in their respective committees. Members of the public can help by contacting Congress and asking lawmakers to support and advance the legislation.

To-do list:

☐ 1. Find your U.S. Representative and Senators

Go to Congress.gov and use the "Contact Your Member" feature to find your lawmakers.

https://www.congress.gov/

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative?utm_source=chatgpt.com

House bill: H.R. 3199 — Captive Primate Safety Act of 2025

Senate bill: S. 1594 — Captive Primate Safety Act of 2025

☐ 2. Check whether your lawmakers are already cosponsors (very important step)

Look at the "Cosponsors" tab on the H.R. 3199 and S. 1594 pages.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3199/cosponsors

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1594/cosponsors

If they are NOT a cosponsor:
Ask them to cosponsor and support the Captive Primate Safety Act.

If they ARE already a cosponsor:
Thank them, then ask them to continue advocating for committee action and passage of the bill.

☐ 3. Ask them for action, not just support

A useful specific request is:

"Please cosponsor the Captive Primate Safety Act and urge congressional leadership and the appropriate committee to advance the legislation."

The House bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

The Senate bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

☐ 4. Personalize your message

You don't need to write an essay.

You can use just a few sentences explaining why ending the private pet primate trade matters to you.

Possible issues to mention include:

• Primates' complex social and psychological needs
• Public safety and serious injuries from captive primates
• Zoonotic disease concerns
• Primates being purchased as babies and later surrendered
• Burdens placed on legitimate sanctuaries
• Illegal wildlife trafficking
• Social-media content that encourages people to acquire primates as pets

Personalized messages from constituents can be much more meaningful than simply copying and pasting the same form letter.

☐ 5. Call your lawmakers' offices too

You don't have to be an expert. Many of us here are not.

But you can call and simply say:

"I'm a constituent calling to ask Representative/Senator ______ to support and cosponsor the Captive Primate Safety Act, H.R. 3199/S. 1594, and to support efforts to move the legislation forward."

That's plenty enough to get the point across.

☐ 6. Share documented examples when appropriate

If you've personally documented a relevant situation involving captive primates, you can include credible information when contacting lawmakers.

Stick to observable and verifiable facts rather than speculation or accusations.

Examples might include documented escapes, attacks, trafficking cases, animals being sold or transferred through the pet trade, inadequate conditions, or primates eventually requiring placement at sanctuaries. There are many examples on this subreddit.

☐ 7. Ask friends and family in other states to participate

Members of Congress pay particular attention to their own constituents.

Instead of everyone contacting the same politician, getting people from many congressional districts and states involved can broaden support for the legislation.

☐ 8. Follow up

Don't assume one email has to be the end of it.

Check periodically to see whether your representative or senators have become cosponsors or whether the legislation has advanced.

If nothing has changed, politely contact them again.

QUICK COPY/PASTE MESSAGE:

"Hello, I am a constituent asking [Representative/Senator NAME] to support the Captive Primate Safety Act (H.R. 3199/S. 1594).

Primates are highly intelligent, social wild animals whose needs cannot adequately be met as household pets. The private primate trade also creates serious animal-welfare, public-safety, disease, trafficking, and sanctuary-placement concerns.

Please cosponsor this legislation if you have not already done so and support efforts to advance it through committee and toward passage.

Thank you for your consideration."

MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER

The Captive Primate Safety Act isn't something we should simply wait for Congress to act upon.

More cosponsors, more constituent contacts, and more attention can demonstrate that the public wants action.

Be polite. Be factual. Be persistent.

And please do not harass lawmakers, staff, primate owners, or anyone else. Advocacy is strongest when it is accurate, respectful, and focused on changing the law.

H.R. 3199 | S. 1594 — Captive Primate Safety Act

This owner spent over an hour on Facebook livestream ranting and over an hour on TikTok sitting on his couch providing zero enrichment for his monkeys. That was over two hours of his time he could have used to create new and meaningful content with his monkeys, enrich their lives and bring people 'joy,' yet instead he chooses to sit on a couch and rant/threaten this subreddit.

The unfortunate monkey on his livestream is soon to be 8 years old, continually manhandled by a leash and restricted in every way possible. An 8 year old male capuchin monkey in the wild is just starting his journey into becoming a productive member of a troop, possibly even setting himself up one day to become an alpha. It is no surprise this monkey has been displaying behavioral abnormalities on film for over five years.

(Note: some of the sound/synchro issues in the video were on Dr. P's livestream end)

Here's another pet monkey owner that showed up on my feed. While this particular owner doesn't possess a huge following, nevertheless the damage they do to spider monkeys is just as bad as those with tens or even hundreds of thousands of followers.

Note the unsettling appearance of the monkeys::

These are all recent pictures (August 2026)

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My non-expert opinion is that these infant spider monkeys do not look healthy whatsoever. Notice the alopecia and poor coat quality. The monkeys exhibit patchy hair loss notably around the crown of the head. Their skin also appears dry and flaking around the facial areas. These monkeys also appear to be underweight with prominent facial bones and sunken eyes. This is typical of pet spider monkeys separated prematurely from their mothers and suffering from nutritional deficiencies, lack of UVB exposure, and stress.

Note the questionable caption to this photo:

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I honestly don't see how any veterinarian with non-human primate experience would consider these monkeys to look 'great.' Their vitals at the time may have been normal, but that is hardly indicative of health especially without a full bloodwork. The most disturbing comment was a reference to "Remi" who apparently passed away some time ago. Just another example of why we will never know the true death toll of pet primates in America, and how this topic gets buried in the overall discussion about owning pet monkeys by unethical owners.

And, of course, feeding their monks inappropriate foods:

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Feeding infants solid bananas/fruits and commercial yogurt is introducing excessive sugars into their bodies. These types of foods, unlike mother's milk/specialized formulas, lack the important nutrients, protein, and calcium/vitamin D3 essential for developing spider monkeys. This puts them at very high risk of metabolic bone disease (MBD) as well as gastrointestinal issues.

And, as per usual with all of these pet monkey owners, these spiders are diapered, put in pet strollers, fleece blankets, and dressed up to humanize them for social media. There is no environmental enrichment whatsoever.

And this, a clip showing what appears to be stereotypic behavior:

Spider monkey displaying stereotypic behaviors

Note the monkey vigorously picking at her legs, as well as the sudden contortion of her leg into an unusual position. These are typically classic signs of underlying physiological or psychological distress. Monkeys like this kept in isolation from their species and in an environment lacking in any proper complexity or stimulation often develop these types of repetitive, non-functional behaviors (stereotypies). This is a coping mechanism for boredom, stress, or anxiety.

These behaviors may also indicate physical discomfort or skin irritation from contact dermatitis, dry skin, parasites, or irritation from clothing/diapers. It may also signal nutritional deficiencies like metabolic bone disease, which causes tingling, numbness, or joint discomfort due to nutritional deficiencies like metabolic bone disease.

Sadly this is just a few of the many thousands of spider monkeys that live in similar species-inappropriate environments. Exploited and abused for whatever profit and clout their owners can milk out of them while still manageable.

Seeing Frankie at Pet Stop in Shawnee, Kansas, many assume he has a good life (Frankie was originally purchased to become a breeder monkey). People see a clean cage, a owner who seems to cares about him, and a monkey who has lived there for nearly two decades. Comments often say: "He’s loved," "This store is all he knows," or "Moving him would just cause stress."

It’s easy to understand why people fall into this line of thinking. However, this overlooks primate biology. For one thing, how exactly do people determine that Frankie is ‘loved’ by his owners? By the owner’s own admission, Frankie is stuck inside his cage 24/7:

“She then asked Smith if Frankie leaves the cage. Shump said Smith replied — to her disappointment — that Frankie does not because he was very upset once after leaving the store.”

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article311338040.html

And this:

“According to the store owners, Greg and Andi Smith, Frankie “pees in his hand and rubs it through his fur,” screams when he's frustrated, and takes weeks to interact with new toys. He's described as “aggressive,” “jealous,” and “destructive” 

https://www.idausa.org/campaign/animals-in-entertainment/latest-news/free-frankie-the-monkey-from-a-kansas-pet-store-cage-and-send-him-to-sanctuary/

As seen in the video clip above, Frankie’s repetitive, non-functional movements like pacing are indicators of chronic stress, boredom, and lack of control over his environment. Excessive urine washing combined with pacing in solitary confinement can indicate self soothing or anxiety driven behaviors.

Frankie’s extreme panic when taken out of his cage, or when introduced to new objects such as toys, happens because long-term isolation stunts a primate’s ability to cope with change (agoraphobia and neophobia).

These are all classic signs of severe psychological distress and not a primate in a ‘loving’ environment. Human ‘affection’ can never replace a primate’s biological needs. Capuchin monkeys like all other primates are social animals meant to navigate hundreds of acres of canopy ecosystems, solve complex problems in nature, and bond with their own species. A static 10x10 cage (capuchins in the wild roam up to 2 miles per day in a home range of up to 250 acres) inside a retail store surrounded by fluorescent lights and noise deprives him of what he truly needs.

Does any of that sound like a ‘loving’ home to you?

A tiny 10' x 10' cage is hardly adequate, and Frankie displaying aggressive behavior when trying to take him out shows a high degree of institutionalized behavior

Unfortunately, the odds of saving Frankie are close to zero. Pet Stop has been inspected by the USDA 13 times over the past 11 years with no code violations identified. The USDA is in the business of ensuring baseline compliance, not optimal welfare. An enclosure can be 100% compliant under USDA code so long as it meets minimum square footage, ventilation, structural requirements, even if it falls drastically short of providing natural environment, sunlight, or social opportunities for a primate. Therefore a long-term solitary housing inside a display cage can still pass inspection without triggering formal citations.

Primates are typically considered as property, which further limits the legal avenues available to rescue them. It also enables primate owners to double down and portray any attempts at rescuing pet monkeys as an attack on their civil liberties and god given right to own primates.

Supporters of Frankie and his owner have been spreading outright lies and misinformation about what would happen if Frankie was rescued and taken to an ethical sanctuary.

Deliberate misinformation spread by Frankie supporters

Classic whataboutism and erroneously equating long term captivity with proper care and knowledge about primates. And again, the repeated mention of the owners 'loving' Frankie, when the monkey's abnormal behavioral displays contradict that

Accredited sanctuaries don't dump isolated monkeys into strange groups or tiny cages. They specialize in gradual, professional rehabilitation. Even if social integration takes years, sanctuaries offer multi-acre outdoor spaces, specialized veterinary care, natural foraging, and cognitive enrichment that a retail display can never hope to offer.

Wanting what’s best for an animal means recognizing when our human definition of "love" falls very short of what the species actually needs to live a truly happy and healthy life. Frankie doesn't need to be a retail mascot. He deserves a peaceful retirement at an accredited sanctuary.

What has Dr. P been up to since the last Monkey Boo update a week ago?

As you may have guessed, not much at all. In that last update, it was highlighted that Dr. P posted a short (and old) video clip of Monkey Boo eating a tuna wrap to his Facebook page. A few days ago, Dr. P posted a video clip of Monkey Boo and Monkey Meela:

Continuing to farm nostalgia while slowly fading away into the background, letting his monkeys wallow in their own filth while milking any residuals he can from these old video clips

The same video clip he posted to his other two monkey's Facebook pages:

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From a video originally posted to YouTube years ago:

A video originally posted to YouTube on November 2020

And..that's it. One Facebook update in over a week, reposting an old video clip from years ago while Dr. P's para-social fan base gush and look the other way over this abuse and neglect.

Monkey Boo's other social media pages are practically abandoned (Dr. P so lazy, he hasn't even updated Monkey Boo's present age on these pages). What exactly is the purpose of possessing a Class C USDA license if you don't even exhibit these animals anymore?

Same monkey years apart

Continue to educate the public about the suffering these monkeys endure. Don't let this owner fade away into the background while his monkeys suffer in their cages (there is NO proof whatsoever this owner has surrendered any of his monkeys to a legitimate rescue that could help rehabilitate and heal their severe mental and physical disorders).

Note: "Dr. P" is a nickname given to this owner due to a Facebook livestream a few years ago where he bragged that he knew his monkeys very well, that he had a doctorate in how much he knew them. What's truly diabolical is that it is this very mindset which prevents this owner from surrendering his monkeys to an ethical rescue sanctuary. Because his narcissistic ego refuses to acknowledge his very inappropriate treatment of all of his monkeys led to their present dreadful conditions, he will never do the right thing and give them up. Dr. P's disappearing act is the final chapter in the awful lives of his monkeys.

Those that participate in this horrid exploitation, both seller and buyer, are truly reprehensible individuals.

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/26/nx-s1-5463589/captive-primate-safety-act-exotic-pet-trade-illegal

>On a recent day at the Oakland Zoo's animal hospital, across the bay from San Francisco, an endangered Mexican spider monkey leaps onto tree branches, climbs across platforms and swings on ropes in a large kennel-turned-primate playground. Named Violeta by hospital staff, the monkey — who's about 18 months old — was poached from the wild and smuggled into California, where it's illegal to keep primates as pets.

>Violeta came to the zoo in May after her owner surrendered her during a drug bust. For nearly two months, handlers have been teaching her how to behave like a monkey. "We dedicate hours a day to just sitting with her, socializing, grooming, teaching her how to play correctly and interact with people in a peaceful manner," says Amber Foley, lead hospital keeper. If all goes well, Foley says, Violeta will be able to live out her life in a troop with other spider monkeys.

>But for most pet primates in the United States, a life of chronic stress, malnutrition and illness is far more likely, despite the best intentions of private owners, says Colleen Kinzley, vice president of animal care, conservation and research at the Oakland Zoo. Kinzley says any time a monkey is living with a human rather than with its kind, "that monkey is suffering terribly because it doesn't have its family and it doesn't have the opportunity to behave as a monkey."

>It's a problem fueled by social media influencers, popular television shows and films that romanticize life with these charismatic animals, Kinzley says. That in turn helps feed a brutal pet trade that starts with the killing of countless animals as members of the family troop try to protect babies from poachers. "What happens is a number of adults are shot out of the trees in order for poachers to get hold of the babies — literally rip the babies out of the arms of the dead and dying mothers," Kinzley says.

>An "abnormal" life

>"It's completely abnormal for them," says Dr. Andrea Goodnight, an Oakland Zoo veterinarian. "[The primate] has no idea what to do socially, how to function — so you can imagine the level of stress and anxiety that brings to these animals." Many of the stolen infants that survive the poaching raids die during the smuggling operations. Others, she says, survive trafficking only to die from malnutrition or other illnesses before their first birthday.

>"Some of these animals are so traumatized that they'll just huddle in a corner," says Goodnight. "They won't interact, they won't eat and they can literally starve themselves to death because they're just too scared." She says dietary deficiencies are common among the primates the Oakland Zoo has taken into its rescue program. "These infants are still very dependent on mom, they're nursing, they're getting mom's milk," she says. Human food, she says, is very different from their diet in the wild and often results in captive primates suffering serious calcium deficiencies. "And then they can have what are called pathologic fractures," says Goodnight. "So they literally will walk and break their legs."

>For those who make it to sexual maturity — about 4 years of age — life often gets exponentially worse. "As these animals grow and become more sexually mature they become super dangerous and people aren't able to handle them," she says. That, she adds, is when private owners may find themselves wondering: "'Well, what do I do with this animal?'" At that point there are few options beyond caging them for life or euthanizing them, says Kinzley. "If they end up coming back to a zoo or sanctuary as adults, often they are so psychologically damaged it's difficult if not impossible to get them back in a social group," she says.

>Spider monkeys, like Violeta, are now among the most-trafficked animals and are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). A coalition of zoos and animal welfare groups say passage of the Captive Primate Safety Act, along with public education, is key to protecting primates worldwide.

>For now, the bill remains stuck in the House Committee on Natural Resources, as committee Chairman Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., has not scheduled it for an initial debate. The Oakland Zoo, along with a coalition of other zoos and animal welfare organizations, is now lobbying lawmakers for support. Westerman's office did not respond to a request for comment. In a statement, Congressman Mike Quigley, D-Ill., who introduced the bill in early May, reiterated his "commitment to ensuring we pass this legislation and end the captive primate trade."

Another day, yet another pet spider monkey showing up on social media feeds.

Here's a 7-week old spider monkey with all the classic red flags typically seen in majority of pet monkey owners:

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The classic red flags:

• Inappropriate diet: Feeding a 7-week old spider monkey solid foods like mashed potatoes, green peppers, bananas, and even highly processed foods like chips. Baby monkeys of this age are completely dependent on their mother's milk, thus feeding them these types of foods lead to severe nutritional deficiencies as well as metabolic disorders.
• Maternal deprivation and anthropomorphism: Baby monkeys like these suffer from not only being forcibly separated from their mothers, but then being treated as surrogate children and social media props with human baby clothes and diapers.
• Inappropriate environment: Seeing an arboreal and highly social primate sitting in a plastic baby high chair painfully highlights the absolute lack of physical enrichment and mental/social development required for long term mental and physical health.

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https://www.asiaforanimals.com/post/red-flags-in-primate-content-on-social-media

There is another truth often omitted by advocates favoring ownership of pet monkeys (cough, Winston, cough cough). Spider monkeys have one of the lowest reproductive rates among New World primates. Spider monkey females have an extremely long interbirth interval, a late age of sexual maturity (often 8 years of age), and prolonged infant dependency (up to two years and more). Some conservation estimates show that 7-9 spider monkeys may be killed for every surviving baby spider monkey that then gets sold in the exotic pet trade. This is due to the highly protective nature of a spider monkey troop.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F42bdho_YU&t=59s

Anyone who purchases a baby spider monkey and exploits it for social media clout and treats it like a surrogate child are complicit in this evil trade. There is absolutely no excuse for doing so.

"The thing I don't understand why we can't get a new vid of boo"

- comment left two weeks ago by a concerned fan on Boo's social media page

Since July 15, there had been zero activity on Monkey Boo's Facebook page (Boo's YouTube, Instagram, and X pages are practically abandoned). Lo and behold, Dr. P just posted several short video clips to Boo's Facebook page. Massive bonus points if you guessed these were reposts of the same cache of old Boo video clips Dr. P reuses (absolute DGAF laziness and neglect of the worst kind).

Let's see, a monkey eating tuna wrap:

Zero enrichment activity

Exact same clip posted previously on June 7 (and multiple times before that across all social media pages); the original video posted to YouTube on October 2019:

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Monkey playing with puppies:

Reposts from the same pool of old video clips across all three of his monkey's Facebook pages

Of course it goes without saying the original video was posted years ago, August 2019 to be exact:

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Lack of visibility does NOT equal lack of harm. When pet monkey owners like Dr. P go completely dark after years of exploitative content, it's a sure sign the monkey's physical and psychological condition has deteriorated. So much so that the owner can no longer spin their monkeys as 'healthy' and 'happy' to a broader audience, and instead counts on the internet to quietly forget about them.

Continue to educate the public about the suffering Monkey Boo continues to endure, all of it justified by Dr. P because Boo brought sooo much 'joy' to people (not to mention material wealth for him). In all my years of watching pet monkey videos, I have never seen any monkey as psychologically and physically broken as Monkey Boo, and the tragedy is that this decline was chronologically observable on his YouTube channel. Imagine the mindset of an owner and his partner that walk by these filthy cages everyday, hearing and seeing their monkeys suffer, and with no sense of shame or guilt whatsoever claim they are 'healthy' and 'happy.' Utterly vile.

For newer followers of this subreddit:

The very existence of this subreddit page owes itself to Monkey Boo and his owner. Around mid to late 2023 when fans of Boo caught on that something was quite not right with him, several of us kept the pressure on Dr. P to be more forthcoming about Boo's disappearance. In response, Dr. P doubled down, denied anything was wrong with Boo, and even had my previous subreddit page banned (along with a YouTube channel exposing his lies).

And here we are, over three years later, and this owner has gone completely dark except for the occasional Facebook post. Only a handful of Facebook livestreams this year. No sign of the Monkey Boo "docu-ography" promised by Dr. P a few months ago (that in his own words would make us "haters" eat our words). No new content with his other two monkeys either, with Monkey Meela lashing out at Dr. P earlier this year probably being a factor. There's also the very real possibility Dr. P has gone dark to avoid showing further incriminating evidence of his monkey's atrocious mental and physical conditions. If by chance he does a livestream within the next few weeks, expect his excuse for the inactivity to be due to personal issues. None of which has any relevance to ensuring his monkeys receive adequate and humane care.

Here’s a video that popped into my feed.

As per usual note the way this “warning” video is framed. The “soothing” acoustic music in the background. The up-close handling of the monkey. The 'emotional' dialogue.

This is another classic example of the main problem with pet monkey owners, the way they romanticize and anthropomorphize wild animals, treating severe medical issues and trauma such as biting as “just part of the package" of owning them.

Most laughable is her statement that the capuchin is aware of what he did and feels remorse and loves her. That’s completely projecting her human emotions onto a wild capuchin monkey that is absolutely terrified and operating on pure instinct more than anything else. The comments section also supported pet monkey ownership, with one individual normalizing the numerous scars and sanctuary surrenders as standard for that lifestyle.

These people are insufferable in their ignorance, delusions, and the callous disregard they have for these precious wild animals.

(Note: original picture modified to reflect this monkey's current decrepit state; original picture was of Boo outdoors from years ago)

Dr. P still up to his shenanigans.

Last Facebook livestream where Monkey Boo was seen outside his cage and next to Dr. P was over 1,300 days ago (October 2022).

Last YouTube video where Monkey Boo was outdoors and interacting with Dr. P was over 900 days ago (October 2023).

All activity across Dr. P's monkey's social media pages has fallen off the Grand Canyon. Repost of the same pool of old video clips, and even that has drastically slowed down. Even Facebook and TikTok livestreams which were Dr. P's bread and butter the past several years have practically disappeared (only about five or so this year).

Meanwhile, questions from concerned fans about these disappearances go unanswered. There is no proof whatsoever Dr. P has given up Monkey Boo to any sanctuary, thus the logical conclusion is that his three monkeys continue to spend majority of their existence in filthy cages.

Imagine treating an animal that you claim is your life, that gave you much material wealth and fame, in this despicable manner.

Let's see, SpathettiOs contain extreme sodium content, high fructose corn syrup, and other highly processed and artificial ingredients that create havoc within primate's complex digestive systems. A turkey sandwich for a baby spider monkey ain't exactly species-appropriate chow either.

Yet this is what these social media pet monkey owners love to do, feed their monkeys absolute garbage to "humanize" them and promote it as 'cute.' This particular content creator doesn't have a very huge following but that never seems to stop these types from continuing to exploit these beautiful animals in awful ways.

Note the individual handling this monkey explicitly stating that she’s been moved to a “maternity ward” to give birth. It appears that unethical breeders like this isolate pregnant females to allow immediate separation and hand-rearing of the infant at birth. Undoubtedly this is to force these infants to “imprint” on humans rather than their biological mothers. In zoo settings pregnant females will remain with their troops to maintain natural maternal behaviors and also to maintain psychological well-being. Biologically speaking this early maternal separation and hand-rearing is already creating significant alterations in infant brain patterns and development. These breeders are essentially (and intentionally) creating damaged goods solely to make them more marketable for the exotic pet trade.

I will also add that this particular operation does not appear to have either a USDA Class A (Breeder) or Class B (Dealer) license, only a Class C (Exhibitor) license. So if they are breeding and selling these monkeys, which their website clearly seems to indicate, they are engaging in prohibited activities.

Anyone know who this is? Just randomly popped up in my feed. I do not believe the person that posted this video is associated with this individual. Most likely just reposting 'cute' pet monkey content. Could possibly be associated with that Winston spider monkey guy as I see his videos posted on the page as well.

No new content, reposting of old video clips, and hardly any livestreams this year. The coverup and lies continue, while the monkeys suffer.