Bieber’s pet monkey becomes ‘German’

GERMANY: Justin Bieber’s pet monkey, which was seized by German customs in March, officially became German property Tuesday after the Canadian pop sensation failed to claim the animal, officials said.

Mally, a capuchin monkey, is temporarily in an animal refuge in the southern city of Munich where he was visited Tuesday by Germany’s environment minister. “Animals are not toys,” Peter Altmaier was quoted by DPA news agency as saying in a warning against people having animals they are unable to care for.

Munich customs authority spokesman Thomas Meister told AFP that Bieber “has not come forward” since the monkey was confiscated at the city’s airport at the end of March when the teen heartthrob was unable to present the necessary documents for importing a live animal.

AFP