“Forcibly removing and depriving infant monkeys of their mothers and raising them in captivity in unnatural conditions is extremely cruel and will result in abnormal behavior and development and lead to severe psychological and physical problems,” said AFP Co-founder Sarah Kite.Īt one site, the investigator documented five young monkeys kept in a wire cage with a wire floor without any enrichment or platforms and witnessed the monkeys sucking their fingers – a clear coping mechanism when faced with stress, separation, or loss, according to experts. 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. It’s illegal to own macaques, and most other wild animals, as pets in Cambodia. One channel we investigated had videos with deplorable methods of “discipline,” including hitting and biting the macaques or hanging them upside down. Sometimes, the online videos even show cruelty outright. Lady Freethinker and Action for Primates sent an investigator to meet with several popular social media-channel owners in Cambodia, and what we learned was shocking - animals forced into cramped, barren wire cages with no access to food and water, and displaying stress-based behaviors. The reality for these monkeys when the camera turns off is much darker. Similar videos from other channels show clothed “pet” monkeys “dancing,” spinning in circles and playing with toys as their seemingly “loving” owners talk to them softly, smile, or laugh. They are known as the ‘ gardeners of the forests‘ where they maintain and rejuvenate the ecosystem by spreading plant seeds as they forage, eat and poop.In the YouTube video, tiny infant macaques dressed in colorful, doll-like outfits sit fidgeting adorably in a row as their keeper puts rice cakes in front of them, chiding the animals when they reach to nibble before her command. Like all primates (which includes us humans), lotongs are highly social creatures – with family groups of up to 20 individuals and spend most of their time up in the trees feeding on plants, fruits and flowers. Here in Malaysia, lontongs can be found in the Peninsular regions of Perlis, Penang, Langkawi as well as in the Perhentian Islands of Terengganu, where they make the jungles their home.ĭue to habitat loss, lotongs are also found close to humans – living in patches of urban forests as well as plantations. The Dusky Langur a.k.a the Dusky Leaf Monkey or Lotong as they are known locally is a species of primates endemic only to Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar. Terjumpa acc ni jugak /txJns0jTqK- Thomas Francis JPrimates are not pets Some also make note of how these exotic animals can easily be purchased simply on social media. This act needs to be stopped! Join us voicing for #freeprimates /jrnrdSHgqV- Rin June 19, 2021 Hence, to capture 1 baby means that their family will be killed. Primates by nature are similar to us which means they live in groups/ families. The process of capturing these primates is inhuman to begin with. People also highlighted the insidious practice where baby monkeys are poached from the wilds and taken away from their mothers in order to cater the exotic pet market. I hope there is justice for this little fella- Blake June 19, 2021 The monkey pass the point of prison break, just sitting the even the box already opened traumatize, trapped in a box with little to none food or water and possibly rough journey and hot weather in delivery van Lol /p7m90xm837- jay June 19, 2021Ĭomments online had Malaysians collectively expressing their horror and disgust with how the living animal had been treated. (Credit: later found that the TikTok account where the clip had originally been shared, was now unavailable.Īpparently, netizens who took the effort to contact the woman before her social media accounts went dark revealed that the video was supposedly taken two years ago and claimed that the animal had been released back into the wild.
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