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Justin Bieber's monkey business: star's pet capuchin is abandoned at German airport

Pet capuchin impounded by German authorities in March has still not been reclaimed by the teen superstar





Very few who arrive in Europe on a private jet in the company of a global superstar end up as asylum seekers, but this weekend that appears to be the fate of Justin Bieber's pet monkey.

Impounded back in March when she arrived in Munich with the singer, but without the correct vaccination papers, the capuchin monkey has been kept at an animal sanctuary ever since, awaiting word from the singer or his entourage as to his intentions. A deadline of midnight on Friday has now passed, apparently without definitive instructions. Thus the poor animal now appears to find itself the property of the German state.

The story of O G Mally, as Bieber named his temporary little chum, began on 1 March when the singer was given her as a 19th-birthday present. She was then 10 weeks old, 42 weeks short of the age, say animal-welfare experts, when capuchin monkeys can properly be taken from their mothers. A few weeks later, Bieber decided that a trip to Europe was just what Mally needed to broaden her horizons. They landed, then Customs discovered she lacked the requisite paperwork and so the monkey was quarantined and taken to an animal shelter.

And that is where she has remained. Capuchins are sociable creatures, at their happiest with their natural family group of a dozen or two. So it's no surprise to learn from the shelter manager, Karl Heinz Joachim, that Mally, above, has been calling plaintively for her grouping. If, on the other hand, Bieber, right, has been pining for the monkey, news of it has yet to be made public.



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