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Economic reasons? Humans are worth a lot more than monkeys. I know it's a cruel reason and hardly the only one.
by fsloth 10y ago
Economic reasons? Humans are worth a lot more than monkeys. I know it's a cruel reason and hardly the only one.
- GFischer 10y agoUnfortunately not entirely true, depending on where you live. Americans would be astounded to learn the usual settlements awarded for deaths due to traffic accidents (as an example I'm familiar with) in South America. Payments of 25.000 dollars aren't uncommon. Colombia and Uruguay pay around U$ 150.000 per death. Heck, even first world countries like Spain can pay less than that. So, an expensive monkey pet can be more expensive than a human. http://www.therichest.com/luxury/most-expensive/10-most-expensive-animals-in-the-world/ http://www.therichest.com/luxury/most-expensive/10-most-expe... https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Most-Expensive-Pets/ https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Most-Expensive-Pets/ (Spanish) http://sociedad.elpais.com/sociedad/2014/04/08/actualidad/1396983870_372201.html http://sociedad.elpais.com/sociedad/2014/04/08/actualidad/13...