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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.
19 cze 2023 · The World Service found hundreds of customers in the US, UK and elsewhere paying Indonesians to torture and kill baby long-tailed macaques on film.
19 sie 2024 · The goal was to create bespoke films in which baby long-tailed macaque monkeys were abused, tortured and sometimes then killed on film.
19 sie 2024 · Worcester Crown Court heard that the 56-year-old played a major role in an online group that paid for baby monkeys to be taken from their mothers, then tortured, and killed, for pleasure.
In macaque monkeys, infant abuse generally occurs in the first two to three months of infant life. Abusive mothers typically drag their infants on the ground or push, hit, or throw them around. Abusive mothers typically alternate short bouts of abuse with long periods of appropriate care-giving behavior.
26 maj 2010 · After the rat's efforts at escaping from the tank through swimming have failed, some animals stop struggling, exhibiting behavioral passivity and neuroendocrine changes that share some similarities with those observed in people who suffer from clinical depression.
The SMACC report reveals monkey cruelty hidden behind ‘cute’ videos. SMACC volunteers searched social media sites for content related to keeping macaques as pets between September 2021 and March 2023. While some monkey videos are seemingly innocent and possibly well-intentioned:
