Family won't part with forbidden lemur
June 26, 2009 5:57:00 am
- Associated Press
LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. — A family who moved into Lake in the Hills a month ago say they may leave the northwestern Chicago suburb if they are not allowed to keep their pet ring-tailed lemur.
The village board earlier this week turned down the family's request to keep Ringo, who's 5 years old and about the size of a large house cat.
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The village gave Troy Evert and April Fox 90 days to either find a new home for Ringo or move out.
Evert says he took Ringo in when a friend rescued him from an abusive owner, and that he tried to find the primate a home at a zoo or a refuge, but none of them would take Ringo because he is considered domesticated.
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Information from The Northwest Herald
