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[NEW UPDATE] Justin Bieber Has to Break Up With His Monkey

Justin Bieber's 14-week-old capuchin monkey was seized at Munich Airport last week when the 19-year-old failed to provide German authorities with the health and species protection certificates to bring the pet into Germany. Bieber has 4 weeks to rescue his monkey; it will be put into care otherwise.

By anisanur — 04 Apr 2013, 05:02 PM — Updated about 11 years ago

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5 Apr: Justin Bieber may not be allowed to take monkey Mally home to U.S.

According to The Sun, Bieber has been told he will not be allowed to take his monkey to live in his U.S. home. The Sun has volunteered to help transport the 14-week old animal to a sanctuary in UK.

The Monkey Sanctuary in Looe, Cornwall, has volunteered to provide a home for Justin Bieber's pet monkey Mally alongside its 28 other capuchins.

Where did Justin Bieber get his capuchin monkey?

Justin Bieber and Mally on 27 March.

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The baby monkey is reportedly a birthday present to the 19 year old teen sensation from music producer Jamal Mally Mall Rashid.

What was Justin Bieber doing at Munich airport with pet monkey Mally?

Justin Bieber departed Los Angeles for Munich along with new pet OG Mally via private jet on Wednesday night last week to continue the European bit of his "Believe" tour.

Customs officials seized Bieber's capuchin monkey when he failed to present the health and species protection certificates required to bring the pet into the country.

What will happen to Justin Bieber's pet monkey Mally?

Justin Bieber has four weeks to rescue his monkey. German officials have given the singer until the end of the month to reclaim Mally, his 14-week-old capuchin monkey.

If he doesn't (present documents), Mally will be taken to an animal shelter that has experience rearing groups of young capuchin monkeys & can ensure Mally becomes a healthy little capuchin.

Neither Bieber nor his representatives have contacted the animal sanctuary, officials say. But several zoos have been in touch, offering to give Mally a new home.

Where is Bieber's pet monkey now?

Justin Bieber's monkey is at the centre of an animal welfare row after it emerged it was taken from its mother when it was only nine or 10 weeks old.

Karl-Heinz Joachim, from Munich's main animal sanctuary, "Mally is clearly traumatised, it was apparently taken away from its mother when it was between 9-10 weeks old. This is much too early."

What are people saying about the whole thing?

Adult capuchin monkeys can be dangerous. A 2010 Associated Press article warned that when the monkeys "reach sexual maturity around 5 years old, they can turn dangerous and destructive".

Manager of captive wildlife protection, Debbie Leahy, "No primate species should ever be kept as a pet. They need to be kept with their kind, it's critical to their psychological wellbeing."

Austrian vet Kurt Grabenwoeger said it was 'monstrous' that the pop star had brought Capuchin Mally with him on a flight from Los Angeles to Germany when it should still be bonding with its mother.

Grabenwoeger, "They are living creatures - not celebrity accessories like a handbag. Imagine a human baby sent off on a world tour at 10 weeks - would anyone allow that?"