Monkeys as pets (thoughts?)

Question

I recently sent a celebrity hair stylist get a “pet monkey” 
In the video u see him with the monkey sleeping. The monkey is curled up sucking his thumb (cute right?). Then the next clip is him tryna change the monkeys diaper and the monkey starts yellin at him. So he starts yelling back at the monkey and laughing. Next slide is of a friend of his running away from the monkey.
No abuse or anything in the video that I could see. Now my concern isn’t for abuse or anything like that.my concern is how terrible the exotic animal trade is to these animals. (Have we not seen tiger king?) anyway, I thought I’d be an interesting discussion. 
How do you feel about having monkeys as pets?

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I’m completely against any “exotic” animals as pets. Period.

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NO. I've worked with rescue monkeys and while they are the sweetest cutest baby animals they're wild animal and as they get older they get aggresive (which is natural and okay since they should not be pets.

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I hate monkeys more than anything. Those animals disgust me. 😂 
But I disagree with owning pets like that. They are not domesticated. It’s cruel to keep them locked up in a house.

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It took hundreds of years to domesticate animals we now call pets, such as horses, cats, dogs, etc. Hundreds of years to breed (most) of their feral nature out of them. Taking a wild animal in your home is a terrible idea

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I’m against people having any type of exotic animals I think the only pet a person should really have is a cat, dog and typical farm animals. I don’t believe people should have anything that comes from the wild, fish, birds, monkeys. Monkey are cute and adorable when they’re small so I can understand why someone would want one but the issue with monkey is, just like humans, they have hormones that they need to express. Most monkeys end up having to be returned, sold or given to a zoo because the owner can no longer care for it. They become aggressive due to sexual drive and begin to act like a “wild animal “

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Absolutely not. Almost nobody in the general population is even close to properly equipped to deal with the complex social needs, as well as basic physical requirements these animals have. Even if they do have the resources, it simply sets a bad example to anyone who may look up to them and think they could handle it as well.

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Nope. While I and friends keep fish, turtles, and some rodents that are "exotic", so I know there exist some people who genuinely have an animals best health at heart, the truth is that most people aren't equipped to properly care for exotic mammals. The behavior needs are astronomical, and people seem to think they're just going to be like dogs (and a lot of people don't even provide their dogs enough behavioral simulation). 
Some animals just aren't pets.

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Exotic animals are not pets. They can never be trained to be pets. It's stupid to think otherwise. Anyone remember the lady who had a pet monkey and it ripped her face off and killed her? Or maybe it killed her friend but either way, it was all over the news and a prime example of why wild animals cannot be pets and it doesn't matter how long you've owned them or cared for them

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I am very against exotic animals as pets for the most part.

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My SO mom has one! And it’s perfect. She had it for years.. it’s adorable.

Monkeys as pets (thoughts?)

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