An anonymous source shared videos and screenshots of chats from group members, who claim to have paid for #macaques, including babies, to be abused, tortured, and killed on camera.

In another group called #ApesCage, videos showed baby #monkeys being put into blenders, drilled with power tools, and deliberately drowned, while users voted on which weapons they wanted used on monkeys in future #videos.

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@telegram

Despite the overwhelming evidence, our report was classified as “No Further Action (NFA)” by the prosecutor, which means no action would be taken.

Long-tailed #macaques – who are complex and intelligent animals and feel pain, love, and fear – don’t deserve to be ruthlessly tortured and killed for online views or ANY reason, and it’s absolutely crucial that officials reconsider this case of such extreme violence and death.

#Monkeys are being sadistically tortured and violently killed on camera in #Malaysia so the gruesome footage can be distributed online in “monkey torture groups.”

The footage includes some of the most horrifying #abuse that has been seen on private platforms. It’s also been posted on social media platforms, such as #Facebook.

The monkeys being abused are long-tailed #macaques who are captured from the wild.

#Primates #Macaques #Illegaltrade #pandemic #primatology

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-illegal-macaque-pandemic.html

#Primates #Macaques #Primatology #Sumatra

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/sumatras-young-primate-whisperer-brings-bullhorn-to-macaque-conservation/

#Primates #Macaques #SriLanka

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/proposal-to-export-100000-crop-raiding-macaques-sparks-outcry-in-sri-lanka/

🎼 1,000 little monkeys jumping in a cage.
One fell off and bumped his head. 🙉
US Fish and Wildlife services called #PETA and PETA said
No more monkeys jumping in a cage! 🎶

I know that animal experimentation has been a valuable tool for science and discovery, but perhaps things need to change, considering long tailed macaques are now considered endangered. This part in the article says it quite well:

"However, some studies show that primates are poor predictors of results in humans and in response, Congress recently passed the FDA Modernization Act which removes the legal requirement to test on animals before human clinical trials.

New, animal free methodologies like cell-based and “organ-on-chip” tests, are increasingly being utilized by scientists.

“The ill-conceived era of relying on stolen, diseased, distressed monkeys to cure human disease has never worked and is coming to an end, hopefully in time for these species to recover in their natural habitats,” said Jones-Engel."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/20/trafficked-lab-monkeys-cambodia-us-investigation

#Vegan #Vegans #Veganism #AnimalRights #AnimalResearch #GoVegan #VeganForTheAnimals #Macaques #AnimalExperiments #DrugDiscovery

Residents & #HumanRights groups say that #mining boom #threatens #farmers #LandRights & #harms #environment in areas such as #Wawonii in #ResourceRich #Sulawesi region, which is home to black #macaques , #maleo #birds & #tarsier #primates .

Facing prospect of losing their land & livelihood, about a dozen Wawonii #villagers take turns #KeepingWatch from a hut surrounded by clove trees, waiting for #trespassers as machinery roars below.
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2023/03/19/2003796328

#AsianMastodon #LandDefenders

oh-oh 🍿
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RT @MPI_EVA_Leipzig
Accidentally produced stone fragments made by #macaques resemble some of the earliest #hominin stone artifacts. New study by @MPI_EVA_Leipzig researchers @tomosproffitt, @RocksGeller, @LydieL23 & an intl. research team. More: https://bit.ly/422Ui4x & https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade8159
https://twitter.com/MPI_EVA_Leipzig/status/1634268130728968193

https://ladyfreethinker.org/sign-justice-for-monkey-mothers-forcibly-separated-from-their-babies-and-given-plush-toys-instead/?utm_source=Newsletter

Mother monkeys were forcibly separated from their babies for the asinine purpose of finding out whether a plush toy would provide comfort for the distraught macaques.

#monkeys #AnimalActivism #macaques #MargaretLivingstone

The expression on the juvenile Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) seems to say, "Aww, mum, that silly man is taking a shot. Why must you check me for parasites now?" 🙂

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96988766 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Mammals #Mamalia #Macaques #Macaca