First of all - please, please please please please DO NOT buy the baboon. As horrible as it is - do not give the pet shop owner any money for the monkey - give him hassle instead. Demand to see the paperwork - I guarentee you he doesn't have any - in which case it is illegal for him to sell them.
Don't bother calling the municipality/zoo etc as they never answer and they won't understand what you're talking about if they do!! The CITES office is in the Ministry of Environment building opposite City Centre. The more people that actually physically go in and complain the better. Take photos if you can, make some noise, the more the better.
We rescued a baby baboon from this pet shop about 4 years ago - we went in daily for nearly 6 weeks taking her fresh fruit and vegetables and in the end, he was so sick of us shouting and complaining that he gave us her for free when she started to look sick. When we put her into her custom built enclosure at QAWS, she couldn't climb, had no balance and didn't realise she was a monkey.
We had her at QAWS for just over a year and managed to arrange to get her to a sanctuary in Wales (curtesy of Emirates Airline).
Please remember they are not pets, cannot be tamed and will never be suitable to live anywhere other then the wild or a sanctuary. Baby baboons normally stay with their mums for a minimum of 18 months so this poor little soul doesn't know what's going on.
If we all make just one trip each a week to go and complain to CITES and making hassle at the pet shop, hopefully we can have this resolved. We at QAWS are more then happy to take in this poor primate and house him/her temporarily until it can be arranged to travel to a primate sanctuary. We will not give them money and we will not go away - someone will have to do something.
But I stress DO NOT PAY ANY MONEY TO THESE PET SHOPS. Please remember that even buying a kitten you feel sorry for will fund the illegal trafficking and sale of primates and other wild animals.
First of all - please, please please please please DO NOT buy the baboon. As horrible as it is - do not give the pet shop owner any money for the monkey - give him hassle instead. Demand to see the paperwork - I guarentee you he doesn't have any - in which case it is illegal for him to sell them.
Don't bother calling the municipality/zoo etc as they never answer and they won't understand what you're talking about if they do!! The CITES office is in the Ministry of Environment building opposite City Centre. The more people that actually physically go in and complain the better. Take photos if you can, make some noise, the more the better.
We rescued a baby baboon from this pet shop about 4 years ago - we went in daily for nearly 6 weeks taking her fresh fruit and vegetables and in the end, he was so sick of us shouting and complaining that he gave us her for free when she started to look sick. When we put her into her custom built enclosure at QAWS, she couldn't climb, had no balance and didn't realise she was a monkey.
We had her at QAWS for just over a year and managed to arrange to get her to a sanctuary in Wales (curtesy of Emirates Airline).
Please remember they are not pets, cannot be tamed and will never be suitable to live anywhere other then the wild or a sanctuary. Baby baboons normally stay with their mums for a minimum of 18 months so this poor little soul doesn't know what's going on.
If we all make just one trip each a week to go and complain to CITES and making hassle at the pet shop, hopefully we can have this resolved. We at QAWS are more then happy to take in this poor primate and house him/her temporarily until it can be arranged to travel to a primate sanctuary. We will not give them money and we will not go away - someone will have to do something.
But I stress DO NOT PAY ANY MONEY TO THESE PET SHOPS. Please remember that even buying a kitten you feel sorry for will fund the illegal trafficking and sale of primates and other wild animals.
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