Quote Originally Posted by anatess View Post
So, you're saying, we were wrong for owning a monkey? I wonder why... when monkey and family are all happy, and everybody else I know who has one are great keepers as well. I guess I better place a call to Cameron Diaz letting her know she's disgusting...

are we wrong for owning snakes as well? how about the parrot? what's the difference exactly? so... where can I find this list of okay-not-okay things to own?

or, maybe you just don't know enough about monkeys and the people who keep them or the monkey-keeping hobby in general? just wondering...

It's kinda ironic when ye of the snake world come up in arms against python trade bans yet make blanket statements about monkeys.
Hey, relax.

Some animals cope in captivity better than other but I believe most wild animals belong in the wild WHERE THEY ARE MEANT TO BE. There IS such a thing as appreciating things in their natural habitat. I'm not one to see a beautiful monkey, tiger, etc. (animals that need space) in the wild and say "hey why don't I put that in a cage". I feel certain snakes do better than other animals in captivity. The differences is, monkeys are animals that in the wild move around constantly, swing from tree to tree searching for food and maintaining the troops territory putting one in a cage, even if it was raised that way, is going against its instinct. It no longer has a troop, trees, or the freedom it deserves when its in a cage. Parrots in the wild, fly. When you put a parrot in a cage, it flutters from branch to branch, and if you clip its wings it doesn't even flutter. No need to get angry, but do you see what im getting at? Ball pythons, in the wild, hide, and don't move around a whole lot so captivity isn't so different than the wild to them.