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Social media users warned over 'pet monkey' videos


Social media users warned over 'pet monkey' videos - BBC

Matt Lovatt, park director at Trentham Monkey Forest near Stoke-on-Trent, said such footage of primates was “not something we should celebrate”.

The Cruelty You Don't See: The suffering of pet macaques for social ...

Think again. Macaques are being abused as pets on social media, and social media platforms are failing to protect them, animal experts warn.

Monkey Abuse: The Cruelty Behind Cute TikTok Videos

Discover the cruel truth behind cute macaque monkey videos on social media, and find out what you can do to stop this abuse.

Why you shouldn't watch or share monkey videos online

Over 1200 seemingly “innocent” social media videos of macaque monkeys being bathed, dressed in clothes, or 'rescued' and were shared across ...

Monkeys - BBC News

A Rhesus Macaque perches on a tree partially hidden by leaves. ... A small brown monkey which has an orange patch of fur just above its eyes.

Social media platforms to face £18m fines for publishing animal ...

In a change to the online safety bill, tech firms will have to proactively prevent material that facilitates animal torture from being ...

Five reasons why monkey videos online are cruel

The Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC) — a collaboration of various animal protection organisations, including World Animal ...

Social media platforms should have health warnings for teens, U.S. ...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said that teens' mental health is facing an "emergency," and that social media is part of the problem.

When “cute” is cruel: Social media videos stoke loris pet trade, study ...

The researchers found that the vast majority of clips showed lorises in captive settings, often in contact with people and displaying signs of stress or poor ...

How Social Media Supports Animal Cruelty and the Illegal Pet Trade

Images of chimpanzees and other species appear cute, but they may actually depict animals in dangerous and unhealthy situations.

Horrendous YouTube Video Showed Baby Monkey Being Tortured

Almost 500 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute, and the platform struggles to remove animal abuse content, according to ...

The suffering of pet monkeys for social media content. (Warning ...

Photo shared by Manuel Bergmann on December 18, 2023 tagging @paulakormos, @fnpf.

Fake animal rescue videos are a money-making scam ... - Euronews

Rescue videos receive millions of views online but they are often staged and cause serious psychological and physical harm to the animals.

Escaped pet primate in South Carolina was not captured alive - CNN

Police warned residents to keep their pets inside and not to approach the animal. Tiffany Edenfield. CNN —. An escaped monkey recently recovered ...

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Cambodia grapples with rise of YouTubers abusing monkeys for ...

YouTubers can earn a living from videos interacting with monkeys at the Angkor world heritage site, but some videos show horrific abuse.

Federal Court Says National Institutes of Health Censored Critics on ...

Knight Institute, PETA, and Animal Legal Defense Fund say decision is victory for free speech online. For Immediate Release: July 30, 2024. Contact:

The problematic use of monkeys for social media content

A new report highlights that the violent and graphic torture of Macaques, a type of monkey, has had over 12 million views on social media sites.

TikTok-famous monkey could be from Dania Beach, biologists say

A vervet monkey who primatologists are claiming could have come from South Florida's Dania Beach colony is now starring in TikTok videos ...

Facebook slammed for stubborn refusal to remove 'shocking' videos ...

Despite many complaints over sickening images showing blatant animal cruelty, Facebook continues to say the content is 'not against ...