The Cruelty You Don't See: The suffering of pet macaques for …
Compiled by a coalition of 20 animal protection organizations, the report “The cruelty you don't see: The suffering of pet macaques for social media content” documents evidence of content creators openly abusing monkeys on social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube.
Report reveals abuse of pet macaques for social media content
13% of the content features deliberate psychological torture: macaques were intentionally made to feel fear and distress in response to scaring, teasing and being denied food. 12% showed macaques being physically tortured, including being beaten, burnt alive, limbs amputated and many of them tortured until death.
BREAKING - The cruelty you don't see: The suffering of pet …
2023年9月18日 · Between September 2021 and March 2023, SMACC recorded 1226 content links from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, showing macaques kept as pets. The content ranged from seemingly “innocent” treatment to the violent and graphic torture of macaques and collectively had over 12 billion views.
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2019年8月22日 · The pet, bottle fed from birth, having grown up in someone’s home like a child, suddenly “snaps” and causes major harm to a human family member, to the shock of both the public and the press....
Monkey Abuse: The Cruelty Behind Cute TikTok Videos
2024年5月29日 · SMACC report reveals monkey abuse hidden behind ‘cute’ videos. To create the report, SMACC volunteers searched social media sites for content related to keeping macaques as pets between September 2021 and March 2023. While some videos are seemingly innocent and possibly well-intentioned (more on that below):
Monkey cruelty on the rise as social media continues providing a ...
When these pet monkeys reach maturity, they can become difficult to handle and may be abandoned by their owners. SMACC’s research into this inherently abusive social media trend between September 2021 and March 2023 found a staggering 1226 pieces of content that revealed the following:
Keeping monkeys as pets is extraordinarily cruel–a ban is long …
2019年8月23日 · The pet, bottle fed from birth, having grown up in someone's home like a child, suddenly "snaps" and causes major harm to a human family member, to the shock of both the public and the press.
Monkey abuse videos on the rise as social media policies fail to ...
12% showed macaques being physically tortured, including being beaten, burnt alive, limbs amputated and many of them tortured until death. Shockingly, 60% of the links showed pet macaques being directly physically abused. All macaques featured were likely to experience psychological distress due to their treatment.
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2024年1月9日 · Primates, such as monkeys, might be illegal to keep as pets where you live. Countries around the world have different laws regarding keeping monkey as pets. If you live in the United States, check state and local laws to determine if you can keep a monkey as a pet. Some states prohibit monkeys as pets entirely, others allow it, and others might ...
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2023年6月21日 · Ajis Rasjana, an Indonesian man who was convicted of animal abuse and sentenced to eight month in prison in the Asian nation, holds a baby monkey known as Mini in an image taken from video shot...