#internationalmonkeyday

Posted @withrepost • @karmagawa Today is #internationalmonkeyday but swipe right to see what’s sadly become of too many monkeys around the world. Please share this sad but important post with your followers and tag people who need to see it so we can help #endanimalcruelty once and for all! The first picture by @brentstirton is from New Dehli, India and he says “I’m posting this picture to remind people that monkeys are meant to live in wild spaces, and not in the confines that humans often set for them. This was a small traveling circus I saw in India a few years ago. When the male monkey did the trick correctly, he was rewarded with a cigarette. The audience thought it was hilarious, but maybe it’s not so funny if you’re the monkey. It’s complex; when baby monkeys are sold as pets and then reared by humans, they often know no other life. Sometimes they are treated well and loved, other times they are simply a tool for economics. Personally, I don’t believe this trade should exist; it usually means the mother of the baby was killed in the process. I prefer to think of these animals jumping from tree to tree, free in the environments that make sense for them.” Swipe right to see more monkeys that are sadly chained up and forced to entertain people — THIS MUST STOP and we must use our social media to spread awareness about this injustice to help these poor creatures! #savethemonkeys #conservation #internationalmonkeyday #karmagawa https://www.instagram.com/p/B6L1yaUAYgh/?igshid=1hfpqorbjs23f

Happy International Monkey Day! Remember monkeys are Not pets & definitely aren't meant to be in zoos! Monkeys are meant to be out in the wild! #monkeys #internationalmonkeyday 🐒 (at Edinburg, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6EoXiPllhC/?igshid=i1b2pidveuuz