How can i own an orangutan?

Answer 1

Owning an orangutan requires a number of permits and preparation. You could inquire at your local zoo, animal control, or see the World Wildlife Foundation website (related links). Owning an orangutan is not like owning a toothbrush; you can't just go out and get one, own it for a while, then throw it out.

Answer 2

Most Monkey species need a Dangerous wild animal license to own. a license can only be granted by your local authority and the minimum age is 18. some species do not need a license, but there needs still have to be legal meet under the animal welfare act.

monkeys are not pets, they are intelligent, unpredictable and social (most species) animals and are difficult and expensive to look after. unless you can keep them in top quality zoo conditions, including indoor and outdoor enclosures, enclosure designs, maintaining and controlling social groups, nutrition, evacuation procedures in emergencies, procedures in case of escape, ext, then you shouldn't own one.

for more info on the requirements on keeping monkeys please visit; http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/pets/cruelty/documents/primate-cop.pdf

http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets/wildlife/protect/dwaa/index.htm

personal, i recomend getting a dog or a cat instead.

Answer 3

These days you can own anything, with permission. You would probably need a license to be able to own a wild animal like this. I know you can have a monkey, but you probably would have to get a registered license.

Answer 4

Orangutans are NOT good pets! Orangutans are an endangered species,and to get a baby orangutan for the pet trade, their mother is shot, and due to poor handling most infants die en route. Even if they are born in captivity, they are taken from their mothers at birth, and this has the exact same effect it would on a human mother and child.

Orangutans are extremely strong, way stronger than any human. No matter how loving a relationship they have with their owner there is always the possibility they will attack.

As infants, they are relatively easy to care for and can be raised as a human child. When they reach adolescence however, they start to become unmanageable, to the point where they have to be confined to a cage. Not even trainers in Hollywood can handle them at this point. After a lifetime of abuse, the orangutans are either put in abreeding situation or confined to a cage. Even a relatively well equipped cage is not ideal for an orangutan. They are simply too intelligent. It is like confining a human child to a cage their whole life.

Zoos usually cannot take pet orangutans, as they learn how to be an orangutan from their mother, and have no idea how to interact with other orangutans. Many are so humanized they view themselves as humans. Zoos are usually full anyway, and the same goes for sanctuaries.

IF you love orangutans, work to protect them in the wild, visit them in the zoo, or fundraise for the Center for Great Apes, but NEVER keep one as a pet.

Answer 5

You can adopt a orangutan as part of a program in a zoo or with the wildlife association. You can not "adopt" one as a pet.

Answer 6

yes my monkey ate me

Answer 7

a zoo!