We have been asking our supporters to write to their local MPs and appropriate ministers raising concerns over the plight of the monkeys behind the net curtains.
We have also campaigned online selling sites to change their policy, and not allow primates for sale on their sites. Thank you for sending the responses from the government- but many of these letters contained incorrect information! After numerous emails to Freeads. Your voice will make a difference, so please continue to help us by writing to other sites selling primates! On June 8th, , the Kept Animals Bill was introduced…. Banning the sale and trade of primates.
We are pleased to announce that our campaign has been successful, and on the 8th June , the Kept Animals Bill was introduced in parliament, which will ban the sale and trade of primates as pets in the UK!
Thank you to all who have written letters, emails, signed petitions, shared posts and answered the call for evidence and public consultation. Thank you for continuing to stand up for those pet primates without a voice! The Announcement of the New Bill in Parliament. Public Consultation Launched! The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is also looking at restrictions on breeding primates.
An eight-week consultation on the proposed changes has begun. Primates, including lemurs, monkeys and apes, require open spaces, varied diets, warmth and social contact. Under the plans, those who keep them without a zoo licence would need to obtain a new specialist private primate keeper licence to ensure they are meeting zoo-level welfare standards.
Lord Goldsmith said: "Primates are hugely intelligent and socially complex animals. Poor diet, and a lack of UV light, also causes rickets metabolic bone disease in primates. It is wrong to assume that hand-rearing a baby monkey makes for a 'tame' adult. In most cases, mothers need to rear their young as nature intended. Separating mother and baby too early would cause extreme suffering for both of the animals. Currently, it is not against the law to buy a small monkey from pet shops in Great Britain.
They do not perform background checks or issue any licences. That means, in many cases, buying a pet monkey can be as easy as buying a pet bunny rabbit or a goldfish.
The keepers of most monkey species need a Dangerous Wild Animal licence. This piece of legislation applies most to British zoos and wildlife parks. But, it is not yet required for keeping the most popular monkey species e. The current regulations fail to protect most pet primates. This is one of the reasons behind an official call to ban keeping and trading primates. Nonetheless, the laws within the Animal Welfare Act do cover primates.
Defra produces a code of practice for the welfare of privately kept non-human primates in England. But, general awareness of this guidance is somewhat lacking. In fact, it is still legal to sell a primate in the United Kingdom dated January But, you will need specific paperwork for selling some species.
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