Keeping dangerous pets

At the last election, the three main political parties all included pledges to ban pet primates as part of their manifestos. Since then, Defra has concluded its consultation into the welfare of pet primates and looks set to start the process of introducing a prohibition on keeping all primates (including marmoset monkeys, for which, amazingly, people do not need to obtain a licence to keep at home). If written into law, such a ban would set a...