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Bubbles was born in 1983 and Michael had him from as early as 1984. It was said that Michael had to give him up as a pet once Bubbles entered puberty and developed like a wild animal. Male chimpanzees typically start puberty around 8-9 years old, so Bubbles must have reached “teenagehood” in 1991-1992. He is still alive now, living in a sanctury.

I brought this subject up because I think there were very few pictures of Bubbles from 1989 onwards. Also that Michael didn’t publicly announce he was giving Bubbles to a sanctuary (maybe because he was heartbroken and didn’t want to talk about it).
 
I love that bubbles is still living to this day. It will be sad when he passes 😢. He’s obv pretty old for a chimp, sure he’s like 42/43?

I was always under the impression that bubbles was still staying at Neverland up until about 2000?

I note his current sanctuary mention he’s been there since 2005 but was most likely away from Michael much earlier!

In one of the outtakes with Bashir he’s asked where bubbles is and he replied he’s now at a sanctuary,
 
La Toya visited Bubbles at the Sanctuary in a documentary about 15 yr ago. It's probably online.
 
Just after watching the previous video, YouTube recommended this one, which I haven't fully watched, just check bits here and there.
It doesn't give precise dates but it says that MJ had to "separate from Bubble for the safety of his own children".


This matches various things I heard, like chimps becoming a problem, more threatening when they get older.
Then I also heard something about monkey wars and/or monkeys attacking human villages, they would typically target reproduction or whoever they would consider as a threat/enemi, which would mean attack children and also genitals.
Beware of monkeys!
 
Michael said Bubbles was at the age where he began to challenge him and became more difficult to handle. Smart move for Michael to let him go as it could’ve turned dangerous
 
Maxym said:
Beware of monkeys!
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Well...they're not pets, but wild animals.

I know Michael loved animals, and I am sure they were well taken care of and it was a different time. But we have to keep in mind that many animals he had, are animals that aren't domesticated or really suitable to be kept in cages.

So, yes, this can be dangerous, monkey is not to blame 🙂
 
BlackAnon said:
Michael said Bubbles was at the age where he began to challenge him and became more difficult to handle. Smart move for Michael to let him go as it could’ve turned dangerous
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With all the controversy of Mike's plastic surgery always there just imagine the issue being a needed surgery because of his face being chewed up by an enraged ape.
 
BlackAnon said:
Michael said Bubbles was at the age where he began to challenge him and became more difficult to handle. Smart move for Michael to let him go as it could’ve turned dangerous
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To be honest, that is what people told Michael before he even got Bubbles.
 
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