<human>: Dear Reddit,

I've been lurking here for about a month and just created an account today to hopefully get some help and advice. 

Tennessee just submitted a House Bill (HB 3487) and Senate Bill (SB 3692) to ban private ownership of non-human primates (monkeys).

I'm aware there is a stigma with many people about monkey ownership (they are wild animals, they need to be in the wild, etc.) but I'm hoping some open minded redditors will help me with stopping or changing these bills.

I'm all for stricter regulations on monkey ownership but under the current bills new ownership would be banned after July 1, 2012 and impose very strict rules against current owners.

This is Mateo, one of my friend's monkeys: 

I don't know if it will help but my friend started a petition on Whitehouse.gov. Please sign it if you are interested: 

If you're interested you can read the bill here: 

I personally do not own a monkey but have a friend that owns three and I may want one at some point in the future and would like to able to make that decision for myself.

Also, if anyone has any suggestions or has any questions for me about monkey ownership I would be happy to hear them.

Thank you very much, Reddit.

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<bot>: Tennessee wants to ban ownership of non-human primates (monkeys of all shapes and sizes) and we need help to stop them: