The Dark Truth Behind Baby Macaque Monkeys and the Pet Trade

Описание: Videos of baby macaque monkeys often go viral because they look cute, playful, or human-like. What most people don’t see is the suffering behind the screen.

Keeping a macaque monkey as a pet is inherently cruel. These are highly intelligent, social wild animals that belong with their families in the forest.

A recent SMACC report uncovered the hidden cruelty in online videos, revealing that baby macaques are frequently taken from their mothers, causing long-term psychological trauma, and dressed in diapers, costumes, or placed in staged situations made for likes and views. Many so-called cute macaque monkey videos involve stress, fear, forced behaviour, or even direct abuse.

When content creators film and post these monkeys to social media, they often force them to perform or endure stressful situations just to entertain viewers and boost engagement.

The popularity of these videos has devastating consequences both for individual macaque monkeys and for wild populations. Social media platforms continue to allow and promote this content, fuelling demand and normalising animal cruelty.

How can you help stop macaque monkey abuse?

• Don’t like, share, or comment on videos showing pet macaque monkeys as engagement helps these videos spread
• Report the content
• Educate others
• Support animal protection organisations

To learn more about the SMACC report revealing the truth behind monkey abuse in so-called “cute” videos, and to better understand macaque monkeys, visit https://www.worldanimalprotection.org...