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by Tade0 3025 days ago
Last time I was in a zoo a noticable number of animals there were rescues from animal trafficking.

I guess this was they only place where anybody had any idea how to take care of them.

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Yeah that surprised me as well. A number of different types of monkies in a zoo I visited were previously used as pets and given to the zoo after being rescued or owner wasn't able to take care of them anymore.

Evidently taking care of them is a little more difficult because they don't have any medical history when they come in, so the keepers are kind of flying blind at first while learning the animals medical needs.