Exotic Incident #2922

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Church Point, LA - USA

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09/09/2016

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Summary:

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries seized Darwin, a pet spider monkey, from his owner. Louisiana law bans private ownership of primates, but the owner argued that Darwin should be grandfathered in since she had him before the law went into effect in April of 2006. Darwin was temporarily placed in the custody of a zoo, and his former owner unsuccessfully fought the seizure in court until April 2017, at which point Darwin went to a sanctuary.