The video has been taken down but this comment alone is enough to confidently rate this situation as cruel. Ethical sanctuaries do not promote this behavior, they do their best to get baby monkeys with appropriate surrogate monkey moms as soon as possible and when an animal is so wholly dependent on a person, that person steps back to no longer impede on the animal's development. This is not ethical professional behavior.
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"I decided to keep him" so he's a pet then.
From another anon:
Um, the op gave an explanation in the comments but I don't believe it. Is it true zoos went take monkeys from labs? And what of Thabo not eating when the op leaves?
🚩No proper sanctuary would ever let someone "keep" an animal. 🚩
Some zoos will take lab animals, some won't. When an animal refuses to eat, that's a huge sign something is wrong mentally or physically. This animal is absolutely not getting a better life just because he's "free from cages". This monkey deserves a proper social life consisting of other macaques, not humans. Sounds like it's the human dependent on the monkey, not the other way around.