Marmoset Found in California
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 1st, 2006
A tuft-eared marmoset was found on Tate Street, Palo Alto, San Mateo County, California, on June 27th, running along a backyard fence, according to media reports. It is of unknown origin, and is rare in the pet trade, being a native of Central and South America.
The easily captured primate will probably be flown to Primarily Primates, a sanctuary outside of San Antonio, Texas, according to press accounts. As Craig noted here at Cryptomundo, however, there are management problems at Primarily Primates, a fact that does not appear to be known by the authorities at the humane society in California.
Photos courtesy of NBC San Diego.
Escaped exotic pet?
Very interesting. I would wager it is an escaped exotic pet.
LOL! That looks like Cruella De Vil mixed with a Pekingese.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say FIRST AMERICAN PRIMATE!
Re-frased, Exotic pet.
The usual explanation for animals out of place is, “escaped or abandoned exotic pet”, and I’m going to go with that in this case.
If he had been found further south I would speculate that he was waiting tables, going to auditions, and trying to shop a script around, but since he was so far north I’m going to go with the popular escapee theory.
Someone has lost a pet that they paid a huge amount of $$$ for.