The sale of books promoting the primate pet trade is unethical and provides inappropriate conservation message to readers. This should not be condoned on popular sites such as Amazon. Amazon are currently selling a spider monkey pet guide (see link above). I urge you to sign the petition for its removal.
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All species of spider monkey are listed under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as Endangered, with the exceptions ofAteles hybridusandAteles fuscicepswhich are both critically endangered.
It is illegal to remove a spider monkey from the wild, illegal to sell or purchase it as a pet. The captive breeding of spider monkeys for pets presents a wealth of welfare issues.
Spider monkeys captured to be sold as pets have a traumatic start to life. The only way to capture an infant spider monkey is by killing its mother, from whom it relies on for milk and social comfort. As a pet, spider monkeys are unable to socialize or move like they would in the wild. Having a spider monkey as a pet restricts adequate locomotion, resulting in distorted abilities to climb and travel. The lack of social companionship of the same species results in the expression of abnormal behaviours. Abnormal behaviours are considered to be a psychological mechanism to cope with unsuitable environmental conditions and are highly associated to poor captive management. Examples of abnormal behaviours in pet monkeys include pacing and hair pulling. As monkeys reach maturity their strength increases, hormonal changes instigate dominance displays, and owners struggle to manage adult monkeys. Many adult pet spider monkeys are abandoned due to incidences of aggression. Household hazards risk monkey safety and documented cases of monkey injury and even death include electrocution, asphyxia, skin burns, traffic accidents and injuries from domesticated animals such as dogs. The similarities between primates and humans are often appealing to monkey owners, yet our comparative biology enables easy transmission of zoonotic diseases. Not only monkeys succumb to human illness: humans are also at risk of contracting monkey-derived diseases.
For more information on the rehabilitation of spider monkeys rescued from the pet trade please visit: ecoparqueelfenix.org.
Thank you.
Updates
January 27, 2014
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people care about the welfare of these primates. This momentum belongs entirely to the individuals who took a moment to read and decide that this matters. Thank you for proving that we can look out for those who cannot protect themselves.
12 Comments
Are you serious amazon? selling a guide on how to keep an endangered animal as a pet is just irresponsible. take it down now.
Primates are not pets and the promotion of how to take care of them supports the pet trade. Also the pet trade is linked to the loss of the wild populations and this must stop. Primates are highly intelligent and live in large social groups and for many years. Keeping them as pets is wrong and cruel.
This goes against the protection of wildlife and enters in the field of incitation to traffic of wildlife.
Please don't sell books like this as these animals are not suitable and shpuld not be kept as pets as they have a complex social structure and need to live with their own kind and as part of a group.
Amazon ## you do not need this... you make millions.. Take it off your listings
Monkeys are not domesticated and are not to be kept as pets.
if ely dont like it nor do i
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The sale of books promoting the primate pet trade is unethical and provides inappropriate conservation message to readers. This should not be condoned on popular sites such as Amazon. Amazon are currently selling a spider monkey pet guide (see link above). I urge you to sign the petition for its removal.
WHY SIGN?
All species of spider monkey are listed under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as Endangered, with the exceptions ofAteles hybridusandAteles fuscicepswhich are both critically endangered.
It is illegal to remove a spider monkey from the wild, illegal to sell or purchase it as a pet. The captive breeding of spider monkeys for pets presents a wealth of welfare issues.
Spider monkeys captured to be sold as pets have a traumatic start to life. The only way to capture an infant spider monkey is by killing its mother, from whom it relies on for milk and social comfort. As a pet, spider monkeys are unable to socialize or move like they would in the wild. Having a spider monkey as a pet restricts adequate locomotion, resulting in distorted abilities to climb and travel. The lack of social companionship of the same species results in the expression of abnormal behaviours. Abnormal behaviours are considered to be a psychological mechanism to cope with unsuitable environmental conditions and are highly associated to poor captive management. Examples of abnormal behaviours in pet monkeys include pacing and hair pulling. As monkeys reach maturity their strength increases, hormonal changes instigate dominance displays, and owners struggle to manage adult monkeys. Many adult pet spider monkeys are abandoned due to incidences of aggression. Household hazards risk monkey safety and documented cases of monkey injury and even death include electrocution, asphyxia, skin burns, traffic accidents and injuries from domesticated animals such as dogs. The similarities between primates and humans are often appealing to monkey owners, yet our comparative biology enables easy transmission of zoonotic diseases. Not only monkeys succumb to human illness: humans are also at risk of contracting monkey-derived diseases.
For more information on the rehabilitation of spider monkeys rescued from the pet trade please visit: ecoparqueelfenix.org.
Thank you.
Updates
January 27, 2014
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people care about the welfare of these primates. This momentum belongs entirely to the individuals who took a moment to read and decide that this matters. Thank you for proving that we can look out for those who cannot protect themselves.
12 Comments
Monkeys should not be pets! A mother monkey is killed in the wild in order to sell her baby into the pet trade- or else she lives in a horrible cage unitl she gives birth, then the baby is ripped from her arms.
Are you serious amazon? selling a guide on how to keep an endangered animal as a pet is just irresponsible. take it down now.
Primates are not pets and the promotion of how to take care of them supports the pet trade. Also the pet trade is linked to the loss of the wild populations and this must stop. Primates are highly intelligent and live in large social groups and for many years. Keeping them as pets is wrong and cruel.
This goes against the protection of wildlife and enters in the field of incitation to traffic of wildlife.
Please don't sell books like this as these animals are not suitable and shpuld not be kept as pets as they have a complex social structure and need to live with their own kind and as part of a group.
Amazon ## you do not need this... you make millions.. Take it off your listings
Monkeys are not domesticated and are not to be kept as pets.
if ely dont like it nor do i
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Monkeys should not be pets! A mother monkey is killed in the wild in order to sell her baby into the pet trade- or else she lives in a horrible cage unitl she gives birth, then the baby is ripped from her arms.