Monkey Business

First post.

Woman, Fran Ogren, tries to sneak monkey on to plane. Under blouse. Bad idea. Pretends to be pregnant, baby is the monkey. Keeps it sedated and close to her stomach. Rhesus Macaque. Sick people, they need exotic pets, want to show off. Daughter in on it, both convicted. Found notes detailing daughter and mother efforts to find small enough macaque. Captured from wild, taken from it's family. Do that with a child and it's kidnapping, but do that with an animal and usually it's just a slap on the wrist. They experimented with different drug combinations to sedate it. Prescription drugs. Found a combination that would calm it enough, but not kill it. Sick. Permits required for such imports, usually only for conservation purposes. It's ridiculous. Monkeys make terrible pets. Bite, bratty, mean-spirited. Transmit diseases and parasites. This monkey was clean, luckily. People could've gotten sick. Sicker. Up to 20 years and $250,000. Sounds good to me. Quite the slap. No reason to import such animals. Monkey taken to rescue center for primates. It's a shame.