Do we need another monkey?

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MOSCOW - A Russian chimpanzee has been sent to rehab by zookeepers to cure the smoking and beer-drinking habits he has picked up, a popular daily reported on Friday. An ex-performer, Zhora became aggressive at his circus and was transferred to a zoo in the southern Russian city of Rostov, where he fathered several baby chimps, learned to draw with markers and picked up his two vices.


"The beer and cigarettes were ruining him. He would pester passers-by for booze," the Komsomolskaya Pravda paper said.


It added he has now been transferred to the city of Kazan, about 800 km (500 miles) east of Moscow, for rehabilitation treatment.

[Hooch]

I don't know about anybody else's opinion, but if giving a chimp beer and cigarettes is going to calm it and prevent it from ripping faces and peckers off... I don't see the problem.

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I think Zhora would make a great addition to the team; Attila would love the company. Unfortunately none of us speak Russian.

[3dR3]

you can drink beer in a zoo in Russia?

What is wrong with our country?

[Hooch]

you can drink beer in a zoo in Russia?

What is wrong with our country?

I have a feeling its our state. I bet they have beer sales at other zoos around the country. The only other zoo I've been to outside of Philly was San Diego and they sold beer all over the place there.

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A Thai police force has begun taking a monkey dressed in officer's uniform on patrol each day to help improve relations with Muslim separatists.



Other forces are said to be considering enlisting a monkey to improve their image

The five-year-old pig-tailed macaque was adopted after policemen in Yaha province in southern Thailand found him injured with a broken arm.

Trainers taught Santisuk, which means peace in Thai, to pick up coconuts and he now lends a hand collecting the fruit with residents.

The monkey also helps supervise a police checkpoint and his boss says he has made it a much happier place.

Motorists now stop to play with Santisuk, rather than getting angry at the hold-up.

Other forces are now considering introducing monkeys to better their image in the troubled province.

Separatists are blamed for most of the attacks in Thailand's predominantly Muslim deep south.

Buddhists and Muslims associated with the Thai state - such as police, soldiers, government officials and teachers - are often targeted.

[3dR3]

hmmm Thailand you say? I wonder how much it costs to fuck the monkey?

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A simian-snatching group stole away with a monkey trained as a companion for a Putnam County woman with mental disabilities.

Joan Newberger, 60, was showing the marmoset monkey, named Destiny and clad in a yellow dress and lavender leash, to four men about 5:40 p.m. Friday at Acme Grooming and Pet Haven Adoption Service in San Mateo.
One of the men grabbed the animal from Newberger and pulled out a pair of scissors. After the leash was snipped, all four men ran from the store, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.

Two of the men ran from the store on U.S. 17 south of Palatka while the monkey, worth $4,900, was spirited away by the others in a black sport utility vehicle, according to the Sheriff's Office.

All four were wearing long black shorts and black shirts, according to the report. They were described as black males each weighing about 170 pounds and about 5-foot-8. (Should be easy enough to find in So Cal)

It was the second time in six months this type of monkey was stolen from the business, said Maj. Keith Riddick

[3dR3]

A simian-snatching group stole away with a monkey trained as a companion for a Putnam County woman with mental disabilities.

Joan Newberger, 60, was showing the marmoset monkey, named Destiny and clad in a yellow dress and lavender leash, to four men about 5:40 p.m. Friday at Acme Grooming and Pet Haven Adoption Service in San Mateo.
One of the men grabbed the animal from Newberger and pulled out a pair of scissors. After the leash was snipped, all four men ran from the store, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.

Two of the men ran from the store on U.S. 17 south of Palatka while the monkey, worth $4,900, was spirited away by the others in a black sport utility vehicle, according to the Sheriff's Office.

All four were wearing long black shorts and black shirts, according to the report. They were described as black males each weighing about 170 pounds and about 5-foot-8. (Should be easy enough to find in So Cal)

It was the second time in six months this type of monkey was stolen from the business, said Maj. Keith Riddick

I bet the monkey can roll a mean blunt by now.

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I bet the monkey can roll a mean blunt by now.