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Justin Bieber given four weeks to sort out his monkey business Justin Bieber given four weeks to sort out his monkey business
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Justin Bieber has four weeks to rescue his monkey. German officials have given the singer until the end of the month to reclaim Mally, his 14-week-old capuchin monkey, which was seized by customs agents last week.Justin Bieber has four weeks to rescue his monkey. German officials have given the singer until the end of the month to reclaim Mally, his 14-week-old capuchin monkey, which was seized by customs agents last week.
So far, Bieber hasn't been much of a friend to his erstwhile pet. The monkey was found on Thursday, when Bieber's jet landed in Munich. According to German customs officials, the singer wasn't carrying the documentation required to bring the animal into the country. Mally was put in quarantine pending the submission of health papers that would allow his release.So far, Bieber hasn't been much of a friend to his erstwhile pet. The monkey was found on Thursday, when Bieber's jet landed in Munich. According to German customs officials, the singer wasn't carrying the documentation required to bring the animal into the country. Mally was put in quarantine pending the submission of health papers that would allow his release.
Bieber has since left the city, playing gigs in Vienna, Berlin and Hamburg. He hasn't commented on the monkey, which will be placed into permanent care should the singer fail to meet the four-week deadline, the Associated Press reported.Bieber has since left the city, playing gigs in Vienna, Berlin and Hamburg. He hasn't commented on the monkey, which will be placed into permanent care should the singer fail to meet the four-week deadline, the Associated Press reported.
"The monkey is cheerful and is eating well and has his replacement mummy [a toy cat] with it all the time," Karl-Heinz Joachim, from Munich's main animal sanctuary, said in an interview with Spiegel Online."The monkey is cheerful and is eating well and has his replacement mummy [a toy cat] with it all the time," Karl-Heinz Joachim, from Munich's main animal sanctuary, said in an interview with Spiegel Online.
Yet Mally is "clearly traumatised", Joachim told Central European News. "[The monkey was] apparently taken away from its mother when it was between nine and 10 weeks old. This is much too early … Those who were looking after it should have known."Yet Mally is "clearly traumatised", Joachim told Central European News. "[The monkey was] apparently taken away from its mother when it was between nine and 10 weeks old. This is much too early … Those who were looking after it should have known."
Neither Bieber nor his representatives have contacted the animal sanctuary, officials say. But several zoos have been in touch, offering to give Mally a new home if the monkey's delinquent former caretaker returns to Los Angeles without him.Neither Bieber nor his representatives have contacted the animal sanctuary, officials say. But several zoos have been in touch, offering to give Mally a new home if the monkey's delinquent former caretaker returns to Los Angeles without him.
"The biggest misconception about me is that I'm a bad person," Bieber told US Weekly last month. "I want to be a good role model, but some people want me to fail." The 19-year-old is under investigation for allegedly assaulting his neighbour."The biggest misconception about me is that I'm a bad person," Bieber told US Weekly last month. "I want to be a good role model, but some people want me to fail." The 19-year-old is under investigation for allegedly assaulting his neighbour.
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