How Much is That Monkey in the Window?

Name: __________________________________________ Per.: ________

Task #1: Look at the advertisements for monkeys and answer the following questions.
Would you be interested in buying one of
these monkeys? What inferences did you
make about owning a monkey by looking
at these advertisements?

PROSs of Owning a Monkey

Based upon the advertisements, what

judgment could be made about the welfare
of the monkeys being advertised?

CONs of Owning a Monkey

Geoffrey Marmoset Breeder Male

Breed: Geoffrey Marmoset
Ages: 8 Years
Color: Brn/Red

$3,00
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Geoffrey Marmoset Breeder male for sale. He is very randi and I

don't have a female for him. Always a breeder never a pet he is not
hand tamed.
8/27/2012 / User-392140 (Pomona Park, Florida)

Cotton Top Tamarins Breeding Pair

$6

Breed: Cotton Top Tamarin

Ages: 5-7 years old
Color: White & Black

Breeding pair of Cotton Top Tamarins very rare. She is 5 years

old and he is 7 years old. they are completly bonded and
breeding. Can sell only in the state of Florida. These are not pets
they are for breeding only. They are not hand tamed.
8/27/2012 / User-392140 (Pomona Park, Florida)

Marmoset Geoffrey Baby Boy

$3,000

Breed: Marmoset
Ages: 8 Weeks
Color: White, Tan, Brn,

Geoffrey Marmoset Pure bred Baby 8 weeks old hand tame

very sweet monkey for sale. I have a male available he is
wearing diapers and belly chain and is leash trained also.
He will be about 1 lbs. when full grown. We are U.S.D.A.
certified and can process your permit ...
7/27/2012 / User-392140 (Pomona Park, Florida)

MORKIE TINY FEMALE

Breed: MORKIE

$60
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Beautiful Tiny Female Morkie....1st shots, wormed, dewclaws

removed and Micro-chipped...Spoiled rotten and raised under
foot...Very healthy...$600...Versailles, IN 812-756-1628
7/24/2012 / User-472222 (Versailles, Indiana)

$1,50
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Male Vervet, 2 years old

Breed: Vervet
Ages: 2

Color: brown

Friendly two and a half year old male vervet, he is not neutered
and still has his baby canines, leash trained and wears diapers
when he's out of his enclosure. Experience w/primates a must,
not for a first time monkey mom/dad. He's very friendly and
could be a pet or ...
6/11/2012 / User-416069 (Altavista, Virginia)

male capuchin
Breed: capuchin
Ages: 2 yrs-old

$3,50
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White face male Capuchin 2 yrs-old drinks from bottle and wears
diapers.He loves to meet new people.And loves giving kisses.$3500
PICK UP only
6/2/2012 / Diane Johnson Couey (Altoona, Alabama)

baby male marmoset for sale

Breed: marmoset
Ages: 2weeks

$2,20
0

he is doing well born april 6 , 2012 ... please contact me if

interested
4/20/2012 / User-506870 (Houston, Texas)

Kinkajou bonded pair tame forsale or trade

Breed: Kinkajou
Ages: 2yrs old
Color: Brown

I have a pair of kinkajous I would like to sell for 2700 or trade for a baby kinkajou or baby
squirrel monkey.. Pick up only I can meet if u r to far..I just need something that will take more
of my time an energy...Please contact I will send ...
4/9/2012 / User-503096 (Brimfield, Illinois)

$2,70
0

Task #2: Read Lure of the Exotic Stirs Trouble in the Animal Kingdom and using
Tackling Text in 10 Steps worksheet.

Lure of the Exotic Stirs Trouble in the

Animal Kingdom
By MARK DERR
Published: February 12, 2002, The New York Times
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Correction Appended
On Jan. 16, police officers entered the apartment of Ronald J. Huff, 42, of Newark, Del.,
and found seven Nile monitor lizards feeding on his corpse. An autopsy proved
inconclusive as to whether the monitors, ranging up to six feet long, had killed their
owner. But the grisly scene provided a glimpse into the growing international trade in
exotic pets.
About the time Mr. Huff died, inspectors from the Miami office of the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service impounded a shipment of 2,000 reptiles and invertebrates, 600 of
them scorpions, from Benin in West Africa. The validity of the export permits was in
question.
That was but one of more than 8,000 animal shipments that arrived here legally over the
last year, with untold additional animals slipping by unnoticed.
''Anything you want you can get in the exotic pet trade,'' said the resident agent in
charge of the office, Jorge Picn.
A cursory review of the Internet shows a Noah's Ark of animals for sale, including
baboons, macaques, chimpanzees, red-handed tamarins, rhesus monkeys, tigers, Amur
leopards, lions, jaguars, ocelots, servals, caracals, wolves, black bears, three-toed sloths,
wallabies, foxes, raccoons, skunks, snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, turtles, lizards of all
sizes, birds and reef fish.
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Even if bred in captivity, these wild animals are generally called ''exotic pets'' because
they have not been intensively and selectively bred for life with humans, as have
domestic pets like dogs, cats, hamsters and guinea pigs. In fact, many collectors say
they are attracted to exotic pets because the animals are wild and unusual, unspoiled by
domestication.
Miami, Los Angeles and New York lie at the center of that trade in the United States, the
largest importer, exporter and re-exporter of exotic animals in world.

Pet reptiles alone account for around 2.5 million imports a year, said Simon Habel,
director of the North American branch of Traffic, an international organization established
by the World Wildlife Fund and World Conservation Union to monitor the trade in plants
and animals, meats, hides and other animal products.

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Traffic estimates the entire trade at tens of billions of dollars a year. Interpol sets the
illegal trade at $12 billion a year, second only to drugs. The often substantial trade within
countries is largely unmeasured.
But the dollar figures do not reflect the ecological, social and health costs, wildlife
experts said. Those include driving species toward extinction, disrupting ecosystems by
removing crucial native species and introducing exotics and importing animals with
pathogens that can afflict livestock, wildlife and humans.
Many animals die during capture and shipment. Experts calculate that the mortality rate
can reach 60 to 70 percent for some birds and reptiles and 80 to 90 percent for reef fish.
Demand fuels the trade. A survey in 2000 by the American Pet Products Manufacturers
Association found 18.6 million birds in 6.9 million American households and 9 million
reptiles in 3.9 million homes. Uncounted thousands of wild mammals, including tigers,
lions, wolves and primates, are in private hands.
Japan and the European Union are also major importers of exotic pets, Mr. Habel said.
Defenders of the trade in exotic pets note that most of these animals are bred in
captivity and are plentiful in number. Virtually all birds legally sold in the United States
are now captive-bred, and many ecologists say such programs, when well run, protect
species in the wild.
Much of the trade is perfectly legal, operating under the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or Cites, which is involved in 150
countries and provides mechanisms to regulate the trade in endangered and threatened
species.
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Additional protections in the United States come from the Endangered Species Act and
the Lacey Act, which lets officials enforce the conservation laws of other countries. The
Wild Bird Conservation Act bans importing wild birds except under narrow circumstances.
Other state, local and federal laws are intended to regulate the ownership, breeding and
transportation of exotic pets.
The pet industry, which supports captive breeding programs, is wary of further
regulation. Michael Maddox, chief staff lawyer for the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council,
said no reliable surveys proved that the pet trade was contributing significantly to the
decline of any wild species. ''One of our big concerns is to make sure we have a good

handle on the problem and reliable numbers before we would endorse any kind of
regulation,'' he said.
But wildlife experts said that many studies showed the trade remained dangerous for
many species.
Habitat loss remains the single largest threat to species worldwide. But for some
animals, collection is just as great a danger, experts said. Some wildlife biologists
suggest that animals become more desirable to collectors as they become rarer and
more expensive.
Parrots, turtles, tortoises and some lizards are especially hard hit, many experts said. In
an extensive study of the bird trade, Dr. Steven R. Beissinger, a professor of conservation
biology at the University of California at Berkeley, recently reported that the trade in
exotic pets affected 50 imperiled parrot species, 32 of them traded legally.
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The spix macaw from Brazil is now believed extinct in the wild. Hyacinth and blue
macaws and red-crowned Amazons are among other birds considered at great risk from
the pet trade.
Dr. Beissinger said the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992 had reduced parrot imports to
the United States from ''more than 100,000 to hundreds'' and had sharply cut poaching
of Caribbean and Latin American birds. Still, he said, some species continue to be
poached at unsustainable levels for other markets.
The greatest threat to turtles arises from the food and traditional medicine trades,
primarily with China, and involves millions of turtles that represent 90 species from Asia,
said John Behler, curator of herpetology for the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Though it claims fewer turtles than the food market, the pet trade has devastated a
number of species, turtle experts said, including all four tortoise species from
Madagascar, the pancake tortoise of Kenya and Tanzania, and the Egyptian tortoise.
The removal of animals can reverberate throughout an ecosystem, ecologists said, and
collecting itself often destroys habitat. Dr. Andrew Bruckner, a coral reef ecologist with
the National Marine Fisheries Service, said 60 percent of the world's coral reefs were in
jeopardy, largely from pollution and overexploitation for food fish.
''But in some areas,'' Dr. Bruckner said, ''the harvest of fish, live rock and coral for reef
aquaria are also contributing to their decline.''
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Not all collected species are at risk. Dr. Beissinger found that 70 percent of the 4.8
million birds, representing 519 species traded worldwide from 1991 to 1996, were non
threatened finches. Green iguanas, most of them raised on ranches, represented 33
percent of reptiles imported into the United States in 1997, according to a report last
year by Joseph Franke and Dr. Teresa M. Telecky for the Humane Society of the United

States. The researchers also found that 8.7 million farmed North American red-eared
slider turtles accounted for 93.2 percent of American reptile exports in 1997.
Still, wildlife experts said, those captive-bred animals are, by their nature, wild, and
owning them carries risks.
The few statistics compiled on injuries and fatalities from exotic pets indicate a
potentially sizable problem. Dr. Philip Nyhus, an assistant professor of ecology at Franklin
and Marshall College, has counted 5 people killed by tigers and 29 seriously hurt since
1998.
Dr. Telecky counted an average of 20 fatalities and 90,000 illnesses a year from reptiles,
sometimes from bites or constriction by snakes, but usually from salmonella, which is
endemic in the gut of reptiles and can be spread when people touch the animals or
places they have been. By comparison, fatal attacks on humans among the nation's 55
million dogs average 12 a year.
Health officials advise pregnant women, children younger than 5, older people and
people with weakened immune systems to avoid direct and indirect contact with reptiles.

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Exotic animals often carry parasites and pathogens that can devastate livestock, native
wildlife and humans, and many scientists contend that government surveillance and
quarantine procedures for most imports are inadequate.
In March 2000, the United States Department of Agriculture did ban imports of three
African tortoise species -- the leopard, Bell's hingeback and African spur -- after a tick
species for which they served as host was found to carry heartwater disease, a bacterial
ailment unknown in America but dangerous to livestock.
Hundreds of fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds kept as exotic pets have
''gone native'' in the countries where they were taken, often establishing breeding
populations to the detriment of native species and ecosystems, many experts said. The
red-eared slider turtle is banned in the European Union and South Africa as an invasive
species.
Many conservationists argue for reform of the trade in exotic animals to provide greater
protections and establish well-regulated programs for ''sustainable harvests,'' in the hope
that people will protect habitats while earning money.
''So many animals are in the trade and so many are lost,'' said Mr. Picn of the Fish and
Wildlife Service, ''that people don't realize when they buy an exotic pet they are taking
the rain forest and putting it in a coffin.''
Correction: February 22, 2002, Friday A picture caption in Science Times on Feb. 12
with an article about the exotic pet trade gave erroneous identifications from the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service for two parrots that it had held for inspection in Miami.
They were green-winged macaws, not military macaws.

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Directions
Response
Read the title. Do you
Title:
think its literary (telling a
story) or informational
(sharing information)?
Circle One: Literary or Informational
Circle all that apply
Skim and scan the text to
Literary
Informational
find clues or features that
Beginning,
Various text
support the text type
middle, end
structures (bullets,
(literary or informational).
numbering, sub Quotes or
titles, etc.)
dialog
Headings and sub First names
headings
only
Dates, figures,
Pictures or
complete names
illustrations

Content specific
Authors name
vocab.
is prominent
Charts, graphs,
photos with
captions
Read the first chunk of
Circle One: Yes or No
text. Do you still think it
What makes you stay with your original choice?
matches your initial
Or, why did you change your mind?
prediction of text type?

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Make a prediction about

what the text is going to
be about or what the main
idea is.
Connect with the text.
Explain.
Does this remind you of an
experience youve had or
do you know anything
about the topic.
What are you looking for
Explain.
(purpose/focus) while
reading? Are you
answering questions or
trying to find information?
Take notes/ Mark text
Use attached note sheet.
Refocus. Make sure to
keep your purpose or
focus while reading.
Ask yourself questions
about the text. Who?
What? When? Where?
Why? How?

N/A

Summarize (and
synthesize) the text. What
does it all mean?

One sentence summary:

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Preview Notes
Text type?
Focus:

Use attached note sheet from Step 7 to

document questions.

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Main idea or subject:

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Task #3:
1. There will be an exotic pet store opening soon and there is a large demand for
exotic pets. You will choose to either be for or against the stores opening and will
assume the role of either store owner or store picketer.
A.

As the store owner, your job is to promote the sale of exotic pets at this
store (while discovering potential dangers).
OR

B.

As a store picketer, your job is to picket the stores opening.

2. Once you have chosen your side, you will then need to choose an exotic animal that
you are interested in. Some examples include red-eared slider turtles, parrots, monkeys,
wild cats, snakes, etc..
3. Follow the directions for your chosen side:
A. The store owners, who are promoting the sale of exotic pets, should answer
the following questions about their chosen animal, using all available classroom
resources to answer the following questions:
Where is this animal usually found in the wild?
Why would someone want to own this exotic animal rather than owning a
domesticated animal?
What are some special traits of this exotic pet?
How can someone find out more information about what it is like to own this
exotic pet?
What potential pathogens or parasites could this animal be carrying, and
how can they be treated?
Are there regulations in your area to follow when owning this animal, and if
so, what are they?
How will you market this animal to consumers?
Create an advertisement that could be placed in the store window.
OR
B. The store picketers, who are protesting the sale of exotic pets, should answer
the following questions about their chosen animal, using all available classroom
resources to answer the following:
Where is this animal usually found in the wild?
Is the species exclusively captive-bred, or is it sometimes taken from the
wild?
How is this animal captured and transported?
How has this animals ecosystem been affected by the trade of this exotic
pet?
How will this animals life be different in captivity, as opposed to in the wild?
What are the risks to the animal during capture and importation?
How could this animal potentially endanger its owner?
Create a picket sign that could be carried outside of the store.