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Thinking about a pet monkey in New Hampshire? State law says no
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Maybe you’ve seen the “Friends” episode where Ross adopts a pet monkey named Marcel – only to eventually give him to a zoo because he’s a wild and exotic animal.
If you’re thinking about adopting a monkey in New Hampshire, you may want to think twice: keeping one as a pet is illegal.
State laws limit which animals can be kept to protect both people and wildlife from harm, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game. Many wild animals don’t do well in homes.
And although monkeys are primates like humans, they have never been domesticated in the United States. Pet monkeys have “attacked and seriously injured their guardians as well as unsuspecting neighbors and their pets,” according to the ASPCA.
Monkeys are not native to the U.S. or Canada. They live primarily in southern Mexico, Central and South America, Africa, and southern Asia, according to the New England Primate Conservancy.
Is it legal to have a pet monkey in New Hampshire?
No, it is not legal to have a pet monkey in New Hampshire, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game. Primates, including capuchins, baboons, orangutans, chimpanzees, and gorillas, are on the state’s list of controlled species.
In 2024, state lawmakers rejected a bill that would’ve allowed residents to own “small-tailed monkeys” without a permit.
Which mammals are legal to keep as pets in NH?
Domestic animals, including dogs, cats, horses, and cows, are allowed as pets in New Hampshire. And you can actually keep some wild animals without a permit, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game regulations.
Animals are designated controlled or non-controlled based on health, environmental, ecological, or welfare risks to the public or wildlife, per New Hampshire state regulations.
Other non-controlled mammals allowed as pets in New Hampshire:
Chinchillas, domesticated (Chinchilla spp.)Gerbils, domesticatedGuinea pigs, domesticatedHamsters, domesticated (Cricetus cricetus)Mice, domesticated (Mus musculus)Rats, domesticated (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus)Ferrets, domesticated (Mustela putorius furo)Llamas (Lama glama)Alpaca (Lama pacos)Pot-belly pigs, domesticatedRabbits, domesticatedAfrican pygmy hedgehogSugar glider (Petaurus breviceps)Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus)Yak (Bos grunniens)Camel (Camelus spp.)Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)Degaus (Octodon degus)Guanaco (Lama quanicoe)Bison (Bison bison, B. bonasus)
Can I apply for a permit for a pet monkey in NH?
Even if you apply for a permit to keep a pet monkey in New Hampshire, you probably won’t receive one if you’re a private citizen.
Only those classified as exhibitors can obtain a wildlife possession permit for a monkey, and the executive director of New Hampshire Fish and Game reviews each application, according to the regulations.
A permit to possess will not be issued if the director determines any significant risk to the animal or the public.
Protests and rallies:
📅 Wednesday (May 6)
New Hampshire Peace Action: Vigil for Permanent Ceasefire Now! (Dover, 2 p.m.)
New Hampshire Peace Action: Ceasefire Now! (Hanover, 4-5 p.m.)
603Forward: North Country Power Hour (Gorham, 6 p.m.)
📅 Thursday (May 7)
New Hampshire Peace Action: Ceasefire Vigil (Concord, 12-1:30 p.m.)
American Friends Service Committee: Meeting for Worship with Attention to Peace (Virtually, 7:30 p.m.)
Brookline Democrats: Gerrymandering in NH (Brookline Historical Society, 6:30 p.m.)
📅 Friday (May 8)
American Friends Service Committee: Action Hour for Palestine (Virtual, 12 p.m.)
Indivisible: Nashua Bridge Brigade (Nashua, 2-4 p.m.)
New Hampshire Public Radio: By Degrees Climate Summit Community Resilience (Manchester, 12 p.m.)
Rochester Dems: Dance for Democracy (Rochester Performing & Arts Center, 6 p.m.)
📅 Saturday (May 9)
NH Peace Action: Standing against authoritarian actions (Kingston, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.)
New Hampshire Democratic Party: Pro-Democracy Weekly Visibility (Derry, 12 p.m)
📅 Sunday (May 10)
Occupy Seacoast: Civil Rights Sunday (Portsmouth, 12-4 p.m.)
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter: Bridge Brigade (Exeter, 5-5:30 p.m.)
Have an event to add? Email Lily Jackson, lily@couriernewsroom.com with details (please send details at least one week before the event).
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The New Hampshire Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at Monday, May 4, 2026 results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from May 4 drawing
30-36-42-60-63, Powerball: 13, Power Play: 2
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 3 numbers from May 4 drawing
Day: 6-2-1
Evening: 3-3-9
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Pick 4 numbers from May 4 drawing
Day: 7-9-1-8
Evening: 9-8-0-8
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Megabucks Plus numbers from May 4 drawing
01-05-33-34-41, Megaball: 05
Check Megabucks Plus payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Gimme 5 numbers from May 4 drawing
23-27-29-37-38
Check Gimme 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from May 4 drawing
08-17-22-34-39, Bonus: 05
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
When are the New Hampshire Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 10:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Pick 3, 4: 1:10 p.m. and 6:55 p.m. daily.
- Mega Millions: 11:00 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.
- Megabucks Plus: 7:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Lucky for Life: 10:38 p.m. daily.
- Gimme 5: 6:55 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Millionaire for Life: 11:15 p.m. daily.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a New Hampshire managing editor. You can send feedback using this form.
New Hampshire
NH medical marijuana program added 2,100 new patients last year – Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
More than 2,100 new patients signed up with New Hampshire’s Therapeutic Cannabis Program last year, bringing the total registry to nearly 17,000, according to new state data.
That increase — about 14.5% from the year prior — is the largest since 2021.
Likely driving the growth were changes to state law in 2024 that allowed more people to qualify for medical marijuana use. They can now join the program at doctors’ discretion — which covers any debilitating or terminal condition or symptom, as long as their medical provider agrees the benefits of cannabis could outweigh the risks — or with a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder.
More than 900 patients list anxiety as their qualifying condition, according to the report issued this week by the state Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the program.
“There was certainly an uptick in growth after those bills took effect in late 2024. It hasn’t skyrocketed, but has somewhat accelerated the growth of the program,” said Matt Simon, a lobbyist for GraniteLeaf Cannabis, one of three licensed cannabis providers in the state. “Where we’ve been, this extremely tiny program that was tiny for years, it is steadily growing.”
With 16,846 people, about 1.2% of the population are either certified patients or designated caregivers, who are authorized to buy cannabis on behalf of a patient. That’s close to one in every 84 Granite Staters.
The data released by the state was collected in June 2025. Simon estimates roughly 1,000 more people have joined since then.
The Therapeutic Cannabis Program, established in 2013, is the only way to lawfully consume marijuana in New Hampshire, as recreational use remains illegal. Patients require a doctor’s approval to join and receive a state-issued card that licenses them to buy medical cannabis products from seven dispensaries across the state, operated by three producers: GraniteLeaf Cannabis, Sanctuary Medicinals and Temescal Wellness.
The new data comes as the Trump administration reclassified medical marijuana last month as a less dangerous drug, effectively legitimizing programs run in 40 states, including New Hampshire’s. The change opens the door for more cannabis research and potential tax breaks for producers.
In New Hampshire, program demographics skew older. Nearly a quarter of patients are between 55 and 65 years old, and almost 70% of patients are over the age of 45. Pain is far and away the most common condition that people aim to treat with cannabis.
Patients are concentrated in southern New Hampshire and in towns where dispensaries, also called alternative treatment centers, are located. There are seven across the state in Chichester, Conway, Dover, Keene, Lebanon, Merrimack and Plymouth.
Concord has between 300 and 734 patients, according to the state data. Manchester has the most patients out of any municipality, at 1,150.
Despite the program’s growth, cost and accessibility remain a challenge. Jerry Knirk, a retired surgeon and state representative who now chairs the state’s Therapeutic Cannabis Medical Oversight Board, said New Hampshire’s strict regulatory environment plays a role.
“Part of the issue is we have a very high-quality, highly regulated program with testing of all products and lots of restrictions and things, and that does make things more expensive, but it’s how you keep the quality to be really high,” Knirk said. “We want to have really good quality. Unfortunately, it does make it a little bit harder.
One family of three spent $548 after discounts on a six-week supply of their medicine, which they use for chronic pain and other ailments, the Monitor reported last year.
Limited retail locations also mean that in some parts of the North Country, patients must drive upwards of an hour to obtain their medicine.
“The lack of dispensary locations, well, yeah, that is a problem,” Knirk said.
The oversight board, joined by other advocates, has pushed for laws to alleviate those concerns. Some of the biggest include allowing patients to grow their own medicine at home and letting dispensaries use outdoor greenhouses to cut down on electricity costs.
That legislation is introduced in the State House almost every year but is often torpedoed by Republicans’ concerns over security protocols.
While advocates expected little movement on marijuana policy under Gov. Kelly Ayotte, who opposes legalizing recreational use, the bill to allow greenhouse cultivation is nearing the finish line this session. Former governor Chris Sununu vetoed a similar bill two years ago; Ayotte hasn’t indicated whether she’d sign it.
Simon said that while cost and accessibility are still challenges, patient satisfaction with the program is improving.
“We started in a tough place with a lot of people really not liking the law and the program,” he said. “I think it’s been steady growth and steady improvement. Prices have come down somewhat, and the vibes are better.”
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