The shocking truth about the UK’s primate

摘要

CURRENTLY, IF I SO WISHED, I could walk into my local pet shop and buy a monkey. I wouldn’t need to get a licence, there would be no home check, and I probably wouldn’t even be asked how I would care for it. Where do I live? Manchester.In the UK it is currently - and shockingly - still perfectly legal to buy 85 species of monkey as easily as one might buy a goldfish. Yet, thankfully, this is about to change, thanks to a new Animal Welfare Bill that is making its way through parliament.