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pet monkey in free ads.

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  • 03-12-2009 6:48pm
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    yugimon121
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭


    so a few days ago i saw a capuchin monkey in the newspaper ads.
    I was really interested, so i went online and did some research.
    i have a few questions that I can't seem to find the answer to:
    don't you need a DWA license to keep one in Ireland?
    what are the cage requirements for 1 capuchin monkey?
    doesn't €300 for a monkey seem really odd?


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    PirateShampoo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭PirateShampoo


    Theres nothing odd about it, its a scam.

    While you can get Monkeys in Ireland, you wont get one for €300.

    If your looking for something different maybe you should look at a Sugar Glider.


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    Clare Bear
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    It's a scam. Those ads are on Gumtree sometimes too. I report them and they get taken off.


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    Sigma Force
    Registered Users Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭Sigma Force


    Perhaps do more research first it's cruel to keep monkeys eg capuchins on their own they are social animals and require a small family group and a lot of space plus when they mature they can be pretty aggressive.


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    Honey-ec
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    Guineapigrescue wrote: »
    Perhaps do more research first it's cruel to keep monkeys eg capuchins on their own they are social animals and require a small family group and a lot of space plus when they mature they can be pretty aggressive.

    I wouldn't worry too much, there's never an actual monkey on offer with these ads.

    There was a hilarious thread on After Hours by a guy who decided to answer the ad in order to have a bit of fun with the scammer. Well worth a search.


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    FAYESY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 274 ✭✭FAYESY


    The sad thing is I know people who fall for these scams & they have lost almost €1000!

    Primates are always over €1000 in price - you need a pair at least of 3-5 in most groups only the dominate pair will ever breed. The bigger the primate the more they cost - so a capuchin would be over €2000 maybe even close to €3000 - usually around €5000 per pair. No genuine breeder will advertise in the free ads - most breeders of rare exotics are very wary of advertising what they keep.

    We have no DWA in the republic unlike Northern Ireland or the UK - which is silly! We should have some rules!


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    Honey-ec
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    FAYESY wrote: »
    The sad thing is I know people who fall for these scams & they have lost almost €1000!

    Sorry, but I've no sympathy for anyone who falls for this. Anyone who thinks "Ooh, a pet monkey, that sounds like a great idea," quite frankly deserves to have bad things happen to them.


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    funkyjebus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭funkyjebus


    Honey-ec wrote: »
    Sorry, but I've no sympathy for anyone who falls for this. Anyone who thinks "Ooh, a pet monkey, that sounds like a great idea," quite frankly deserves to have bad things happen to them.


    Agreed. Monkey owners are selfish


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    FAYESY
    Closed Accounts Posts: 274 ✭✭FAYESY


    funkyjebus wrote: »
    Agreed. Monkey owners are selfish



    So I AM SELFISH THEN - please explain!


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    Satyr_The_Great
    Registered Users Posts: 261 ✭✭Satyr_The_Great


    I know a number of people who keep monkeys as pets. Are they selfish? No they're not. Are people who keeps dogs selfish? Are people who keep cats selfish? Are people who keep any kind of pet selfish??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????


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    star-pants
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    I think perhaps what the poster meant by selfish, was people who are ill equipped to care for a monkey, or uneducated in the lifestyle and care needed for a monkey. Like people who think 'it'd be cute' to have a monkey, and have one on it's own and not feed it right or whatever.
    A lot of people think 'ooh I'd love one of those' (not just monkeys) and do not research or really look into how much time and effort and care goes into it.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Easy on the ??? there buddy.

    OP, def a scam. There was a similar thread a while back where we looked up the companies involved and showed them to be scammers.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055520426 agus http://www.face.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=59966377


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    yugimon121
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭yugimon121


    thanks for the replies,
    i knew several people who all emailed this guy, and 2 of them were scammed on dating sites before for 400+.
    could a mod lock this thread, there is nothing more to be said.


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