Archive images of Mally, the pet monkey of Canadian singer Justin Bieber, at a home for animals in Munich. Bieber appears to have given up on his pet monkey which was seized by German customs officials in March, according to the shelter looking after "Mally".

The 19-year-old singer has until Friday to hand in the necessary paperwork to retrieve his capuchin monkey, which was seized at Munich airport during a concert tour.

"Bieber's lawyers have indicated they would like to leave the monkey," said Judith Brettmeister, spokeswoman for the shelter caring for Mally. "From an animal rights perspective, it would have been better to do that before, as he is being kept well here but not with other members of his own species."