Have you ever seen someone walking their pet monkey down the seafront in Sheringham, Holkham or Cromer? For an area that had no registered monkeys living in it as of 2023, an official warning about keeping primates as pets might seem pretty bananas.
You're not kidding.
But North Norfolk District Council has issued an official statement urging anyone who privately owns a monkey in Norfolk to get a licence before April 6.
The comments, it's fair to say, didn't go as planned.
They aim to improve the lives of "intelligent primates with complex emotional, social and cognitive needs that are difficult to meet in most domestic environments".
So are we. Couldn't legislation seek to improve our lives for once? Oh well, I'm sure it won't make anything worse, at least...
Monkey owners with just one ape to their name must also expand their troop and buy some more primates if they want a chance of getting approved. Under the new law, pet monkeys must be kept in "social groups" unless a vet advises otherwise.
*sigh* I should know better by now...
In 2023, a survey by wildlife charity Born Free revealed how many exotic licensed animals were living in Norfolk.It found that only one monkey - a black and white ruffed lemur - was being kept as a pet in Nelson's County, in Breckland.
Typical local newspaper - lemurs are primates, but they are not monkeys.
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