sentences:  The keeping of parrots and monkeys as pets by villagers along the Amazon is commonplace.But the sale of these "companion" animals in open markets is rampant.Capturing the baby tamarins, marmosets, spider monkeys, saki monkeys, etc., in order to sell them, often requires shooting the mother primate out of a treetop with her clinging child; the youngster may or may not survive the fall.