Bieber still wants a monkey

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Justin Bieber urged not to get another monkey by NAPSA

Justin Bieber has been told he would be "irresponsible" to get another monkey as a pet by the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance.

The 'Sorry' singer previously had capuchin monkey OG Mally as his primate pal but the animal was taken off him by officials when he travelled to Germany in March 2013 and put into quarantine.

Bieber has since insisted he had the "right papers" for Mally - who was a birthday gift - when it was confiscated by customs officers and has admitted he'd like to get another monkey but he would keep the creature at his home in America.

He said: "Monkeys are awesome. If you could get a monkey, well, you would get a f***ing monkey, too ... I just gotta make sure I got a house and it stays in the f***ing house ... I'm not gonna bring him to Germany."

Now NAPSA has issued a statement urging Bieber, 21, to turn his attention to a different pet as he cannot provide the correct care a monkey needs to live.

The statement reads: "Please do not repeat this foolish endeavor. It is simply not possible to fulfill the unique needs of your monkey within a private home ... It will prove dangerous to both you and your monkey, as well as irresponsible when it comes to your public following."

Recalling what happened when OG Mally was seized from him, Bieber said: "Everyone told me not to bring the monkey. Everybody told me not to bring the monkey. I was like, 'It's gonna be fine, guys!' It was the farthest thing from fine. In Germany, that monkey's endangered or something ... but I had the papers. I even had it written out that he was a circus monkey and he could travel and all that s**t. I had all the right papers. Things get twisted."

Bieber was given until May 7 2013 to produce the proper paperwork for his monkey, but after he failed to respond, German officials demanded $8,000 to cover the cost of relocating OG Mally to a zoo, and the creature now lives at the Serengeti Park in Copenhagen.