2022年4月21日 · It’s illegal to own macaques, and most other wild animals, as pets in Cambodia. But the unlawful practice has proliferated, given a lack of law enforcement and the easy availability of wild monkeys, captured from the forests of Cambodia, according to AFP.

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.

2022年3月15日 · The disturbing video, posted on February 22, showed a baby macaque monkey being hand-fed from a bottle, with a caption reading "feeding the baby monkey to make sure he don't run away."...

2023年9月15日 · Shockingly, 60% of the links showed pet macaques being directly physically abused, with some suffering life changing injuries and even death as a result. Collectively, the posts had generated over 12 billion views at the time of the analysis.

2016年12月14日 · Astuti was 5 months old - about two months younger than Almond. But these two monkeys had similar histories. Like Almond, Astuti had been taken away from her mother, sold at a wildlife market and then kept as a pet. Astuti's owner hadn't physically abused her, but he'd neglected her.

2024年5月29日 · But baby macaques are also seen as perfect victims for creating ‘cute’ content where they are treated like human babies. Videos showing macaques wearing nappies or baby clothes, being bottle-fed and bathed, and being cradled or kissed by their human “mum” or “dad” are among the most popular.

In some content macaques are hit and slapped by their owners to seemingly discipline them. Some creators put the macaques in dangerous situations to film their reactions, or to film themselves rescuing the animal. In a series of videos, baby monkeys can be seen hung from logs in a fast flowing river, in danger of slipping and drowning.

2023年9月22日 · The collaborators raised the alarm over sexual abuse videos and animals being plunged into freezing or boiling water.

2019年8月22日 · There are numerous examples of attacks by wild pets on their owners, . The pet, bottle fed from birth, having grown up in someone’s home like a child, suddenly “snaps” and causes major harm to a...

2023年9月20日 · In some content macaques are hit and slapped by their owners to seemingly discipline them. Some creators put the macaques in dangerous situations to film their reactions, or to film themselves rescuing the animal. In a series of videos, baby monkeys can be seen hung from logs in a fast flowing river, in danger of slipping and drowning.