Sarah Kite, the co-founder of the non-profit Action for Primates, said: “Basically, these monkeys were being tortured, and footage of that torture and their suffering was filmed and broadcast on YouTube. Wartakota Tribunereported how Rian Mardiansyah allegedly set off firecrackers near them, sprayed them with jets of water, smeared chilli and glue into their food, and made them fight each other for treats as well as making small children hit them.Ĭlips were then posted to YouTube which asked for donations through a PayPal account. Last week, in a rare arrest, Indonesian authorities confiscated three macaque monkeys, which had been kept chained in tiny cages and routinely tortured for YouTube videos.
Animal rights organisation PETA said: “YouTube existing policies should see these horrific channels taken down immediately, but their content moderation – and response to PETA – has been lacking.”
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