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America Is Facing a Monkey Shortage

25 points| kevmo | 5 years ago |theatlantic.com | reply

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[+] 2data222|5 years ago|reply
I worked at the California National Primate Research Center as a Student Assistant when I was at UC Davis. CNPRC is about a mile outside of town. Happy to answer any questions anyone has about the center. They had thousands (if not tens of thousands) of Rhesus Macaques from China and India there.
[+] throwaway_pdp09|5 years ago|reply
What kind of lives do these monkeys lead - is it enough for them to be happy, or miserable, or ok, or what?
[+] antipaul|5 years ago|reply
Plenty of code monkeys around. Heck, did they count me?
[+] tengbretson|5 years ago|reply
I don't think the problem is that theres a monkey shortage per se, but that 1% of people own nearly 100% of the monkeys.
[+] Minor49er|5 years ago|reply
Whether there is a Bonobocrat or Banana Republican involved, this unfortunately never seems to change.
[+] jermaustin1|5 years ago|reply
> 1% of people own nearly 100% of the ______.

That can be extrapolated into so many things regarding wealth inequality. Also it is sad, that there are so many monkeys "owned". These are wild animals, they haven't been domesticated over thousands of years, and likely will never be domesticated.