This open market should be more severely restricted and regulated. First the Family Pet. A person who hurts animals is committing an act of violence and may eventually turn on human beings. For primates, captivity often poses depressing and life-draining activities. Even in the wild, primates face capture, death or physical harm from poachers and hunters.
Animal cruelty is frequent and widespread.
Sorting out what it takes to live responsibly with animals is a complicated and personal undertaking.