Cronin said recently Monkey World had been called out to rescue a young marmoset “that was being kept in a bird cage in a flat in north London”.<\/p>\n
“It had already been passed from one owner to another owner, it had been sold from a breeder and dealer for \u00a35,000,” Cronin added.<\/p>\n
She said the primates had gained great popularity as pets because of “influencers trying to become famous” on social media.<\/p>\n
Cronin added people who thought they were specialist keepers would now be able to apply for a licence if they could “care for these animals appropriately with companionship of their own kind, indoor-outdoor enclosures, appropriate diet, veterinary care”.<\/p>\n
“But most people aren’t able to do that, so [the legislation] will protect those animals that are out there right now that breeders and dealers are selling mostly to well-meaning people, albeit ignorant about the needs of the animal,” she said.<\/p>\n
Cronin explained “some of Britain’s best zoos and wildlife parks, from Twycross to Marwell, were started out by private animal collectors”.<\/p>\n
“Up until now, we’ve had to go and prove a legal case that a monkey shouldn’t be kept in a bird cage in the sitting room. There’s now legislation stating that is not allowed.<\/p>\n
“It’s very specific and there are people out there that actually are wealthy enough and specialists enough that can keep these animals in a better way than many zoos and wildlife parks.”<\/p>\n
A Dorset Council spokesperson said: “It is hoped, by the introduction of this legislation, where historically there was none, will mean that animal licensing inspectors and vets can ensure that these primates are cared for by suitable keepers.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cronin said recently Monkey World had been called out to rescue a young marmoset “that was being kept…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-397349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}