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A Monkey Off His Back

Animals (tags: monkeys, pets, wild animals, AnimalWelfare, animals, environment, protection, wildlife, habitat )

Cher
- 533 days ago - courier-journal.com

From the Louisville Zoo, comes the announcement today about Mojo, a 3-year-old patas monkey previously owned by NASCAR superstar Stewart and Krista Dwyer. When Stewart and Dwyer noticed Mojo maturing and becoming aggressive, they sought help,

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Aba Offline Imponna (262)

Friday May 23, 2008, 7:11 pm
I'm sorry they act like this is such a noble thing to do. they take an animal away from its habitat, encourage poaching of wild animals, pay for people to mistreat these same animals during transport, add to the burden of zoos that have to make room for stupid humans inconsiderate actions and they think they get kudos cuz they now realize that wild animals don't make good pets. I'm sorry but they will get no applause from me. MAN NEEDS TO QUIT FEEDING THEIR EGOS WITH ANIMALS SUFFERINGS!!!!

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