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The animal sanctuary currently taking care of Toronto’s highly famous Ikea monkey has withdrawn the legal charges claiming that the monkey’s former owner abused him. A lawyer representing Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary confirmed on Thursday that it has decided to withdraw the allegations. The decision has been announced at a time when the trial has started in an Oshawa, Ont., courtroom to find out who will be taking care of Darwin, the monkey who acquired international attention after being spotted in an Ikea parking lot wearing a miniature shearling coat and a diaper late last year.
The sanctuary’s lawyer elucidated that the allegations have been withdrawn in the interest of keeping the trial short. Toronto Animal Services confiscated Darwin in December after he was found wandering around the Ikea parking lot. Technically, it is illegal to tame and keep monkeys as pets in Toronto. However, the monkey’s former owner, Yasmin Nakhuda, has so far fought a strong case against the Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary for custody. Nakhuda refrained from speaking to media while she entered court on Thursday morning.
Nakhuda has previously made two failed attempts of trying to acquire the custody of Darwin from the court on an interim basis until the case was heard. Nakhuda’s lawyer, Ted Charney, alleged that he was “looking forward” to opportunity to scrutinize the animal service officials involved in the case. While entering court, he stated that “we just have to see how it goes today.”
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