A woman has defended keeping two pet monkeys in her home despite strangers calling her an "abuser" who "ripped them from the wild".
Animal lover Madeline Bennett, 22, says she is giving squirrel monkeys Oliver and Oakley "the best life".
She got them from a breeder in the past year and feeds them baby formula out of bottles, puts them in custom-made tiny nappies, and teaches them commands and tricks.
The content creator from Ann Arbor, Michigan, US, takes them out for day trips to pre-friendly restaurants, on boat rides and on gold GOLF cart rides.
Animal lover Madeline Bennett, 22, says she is giving squirrel monkeys Oliver and Oakley "the best life".
She got them from a breeder in the past year and feeds them baby formula out of bottles, puts them in custom-made tiny nappies, and teaches them commands and tricks.
The content creator from Ann Arbor, Michigan, US, takes them out for day trips to pre-friendly restaurants, on boat rides and on gold GOLF cart rides.
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00:00I often get told that I need to take the monkeys back to the zoo or to a sanctuary.
00:30And let me just, let me just say that every single night they sleep on a heated blanket
00:37and they sleep in my bed. That is what they're used to and that's what they do every single night.
00:44So without having that, they would be so upset.
00:50And not only that, they pay attention all day long. If they went to a sanctuary or a zoo or
00:57anything like that, they would become extremely depressed. They are much happier with me not
01:03searching for their next meal, not looking out for predators, and getting affection all day. I mean
01:09with just how compassionate and affectionate that they are, I could honestly not imagine them having
01:14to be in a cage for the rest of their lives.