#exotic monkey pet laws Articles

The finger monkey video got 40 million views. The follow-up video of the same monkey at age three — screaming, biting, and throwing feces at the camera — got 4,000. This 2026 guide covers the full legal picture across US states and the UK, why every legally sold pet marmoset in the US must be domestically captive-bred, the real cost breakdown from purchase to lifetime care, the disease risks that explain why the federal government banned NHP imports for pets since 1975, and what the welfare science says about keeping an animal this cognitively complex in a household.