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Primates are difficult to care for properly in a domestic setting.

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Is it true that primates are difficult to care for properly in a domestic setting?

Yes. Evidence from studies on confiscated pets and sanctuary management demonstrates that nonhuman primates have complex biological and social needs that are extremely difficult to meet properly in domestic settings.

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Evidence for · 3
Welfare impacts of the illegal wildlife trade in a cohort of confiscated greater slow lorises, Nycticebus coucang
2018
Documents the severe physical and behavioral consequences, including high mortality rates and stereotypies, suffered by primates kept in the exotic pet trade.
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Fuller, G., Eggen, W. F., Wirdateti, W., & Nekaris, K. (2018). Welfare impacts of the illegal wildlife trade in a cohort of confiscated greater slow lorises, Nycticebus coucang. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2017.1393338

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Reducing the primate pet trade: Actions for primatologists
2019
Discusses the widespread negative impacts of the live primate pet trade on animal welfare and conservation.
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Norconk, M., Atsalis, S., Tully, G., Santillán, A. M., Waters, S., Knott, C., Ross, S. R., Shanee, S., & Stiles, D. (2019). Reducing the primate pet trade: Actions for primatologists. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23079

Behavioral Welfare Research for the Management of Sanctuary Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
2023
Highlights the extensive resources, veterinary care, and behavioral metrics required to manage retired or rescued pet primates in sanctuary settings.
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Fultz, A., Lewis, R., Kelly, L., & Garbarino, J. (2023). Behavioral Welfare Research for the Management of Sanctuary Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13162595

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