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Sarah Kite, co-founder of Action for Primates, said examples that film-makers carry out included: clamping an infant monkey’s body with pliers; using lit cigarettes to burn a baby monkey tied to ...
Together, the video clips in the study had more than 12 billion views, Asia for Animals’ Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC) says. The report look at hundreds of posts over an 18 month ...
A baby monkey struggles and squirms as it tries to escape the man holding it by the neck over a concrete cistern, repeatedly dousing it with water. In another video clip, a person plays with the ...
Videos of monkeys being tortured or abused have been commonly uploaded to social media platforms such as YouTube and Facebook. [1] [4] According to a September 2021–May 2023 study by Asia for Animals’ Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC), videos by pet macaque owners had a total of 12.05 billion views online, with 12 percent of these videos involving intentional physical torture ...
Another expense for these creatures as pets is the necessary essentials to maintain them. Creating an environment similar to where they are from is important. [37] For food, these creatures as pets are often fed fruits, insects, and smaller lizards. [38] As pets, a baby pygmy marmoset needs to be fed every two hours for at least two weeks. [35]
Vervet monkey female with a baby. Allomothering is the process when another individual besides the mother cares for an infant. In groups of vervet monkeys, infants are the target of a tremendous amount of attention. Days after an infant is born, every member of the group inspects the infant at least once by touching or sniffing.
The toque macaque is listed as Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to habitat destruction and hunting, and also for the pet trade. Much of the original forested habitat of the toque macaque has been lost, between 1956 and 1993 50% of Sri Lanka's forest cover was destroyed.
Animal Planet says, "These are some of the only tool-using wild monkeys in the world." So, the adorable interaction makes sense -- but seeing that level of care is still pretty amazing.