Estranged ... Justin Bieber with Mally the monkey
JUSTIN Bieber doesn’t want his pet monkey Mally back - and has left him in solitary confinement in a Munich animal clinic, German authorities have claimed.
They say the singer's management team contacted them this week asking them to find a “safe and sheltered place, or a zoo” for the lonely baby ape.
A statement from Bieber’s people in New York thanked the Munich authorities for the “caring support” offered to Mally - but made no arrangements for his safe return, the clinic said.
Experts also warned the Capuchin monkey could be left with serious psychological damage unless his future is resolved soon.
Mally was seized by Munich customs men when Bieber's private jet landed there on March 28 as part of his European tour.
The star, 19, and his entourage had no paperwork or health certificates to bring the creature - still just a few weeks old - into the country.
Trauma ... tiny ape faces uncertain future
After a night spent at an airport quarantine centre, Mally was moved into the care of vets at a clinic in the southern German city.
A spokesman said: “We have to discuss now the way forward with customs officials and other responsible departments".
Franz Böhmer of the Bonn Federal Office for Nature Conservation added: "So far no papers for the monkey of Justin Bieber have been submitted.
"If he submits a written disclaimer, we can accommodate Mally in a welfare family group in a zoo.”
German authorities have given Bieber a deadline of May 17 to either claim Mally - and pay thousands of pounds towards his upkeep - or send a letter saying he no longer wants him.
Karl Heinz Joachim, the boss of the animal centre where Mally is living, said; “The baby monkey needs company and to be with other monkeys at this crucial age in its life.
"There are a great many suitable places that have offered to take Mally and integrate him with their own capuchin monkeys where he would be much more happy with his own kind.”
He added: “A baby monkey was never going to be suited to be on a world tour even if he is travelling by private jet.
"He should be out in the wild climbing trees and learning from other monkeys if he isn’t to have serious psychological problems later in life.”
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