Justin Bieber asks German officials to give pet monkey Mally to a zoo

 
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24 April 2013
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Justin Bieber has asked that his pet Capuchin monkey, Mally, be given to a zoo after the animal was seized by customs in Berlin last month.

The 19-year-old singer's pet was seized by customs when he tried to sneak it into the country without the correct papers.

Bieber was given a deadline of May 17 to arrange for Mally's collection but has told his manager Scooter Braun to request that the animal centre which has been caring for the creature find him a new home in a zoo or shelter.

Karl Heinz Joachim, the boss of the animal centre where the monkey is staying, insists it is imperative that Mally is found a new home quickly because there are no other monkeys to keep him company at the centre.

Joachim said: "There are a great many suitable places that have offered to take Mally and integrate him with their own Capuchin monkeys where he would be much more happy with his own kind.

"A baby monkey was never going to be suited to be on a world tour even if he is travelling by private jet. He should be out in the wild climbing tress and learning from other monkeys if he isn't to have serious psychological problems later in life."

Bieber - who is rumoured to have rekindled his romance with Selena Gomez - could also face prosecution in the country because of his actions, with a fine of more than £10,000.

The Canadian star was very "fond" of Mally when he first adopted him, taking the monkey everywhere with him before the animal was seized - sharing a similar relationship as the late Michael Jackson did with his chimpanzee Bubbles.

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