#savethemonkeys

I spent 30 years in the jungle studying and living with these magnificent creatures. Us humans can learn so much about them, and from them. They aren’t as different from us as you might believe. These animals exhibit emotions and feelings that we were unaware of prior to my studies. These animals function in roles we didn’t even realize even existed! 

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

🐒🎼S(H)OCK THE MONKEY for World Monkey Day! 🎼Happy Friday!! I'm just monkeyin' around here, nothin' to see! 🙉🙈🙊 {Pre- iPad, Procreate & the Apple Pencil!}#worldmonkeyday #monkey #savethemonkeys #internationalmonkey #livedrawing #drawingvideo #sockmonkey #toys #shockthemonkey #donho #fbf #flashbackfriday #illustration #illo #linart #markers #makers #artistsofinstagram #markerart #popart #saraphia #sarahephelps (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYdbOJg3kP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17w2ex01eivlm

Progress under way #space #monkey #fun #chango #sketch #boceto #croquis #drawing #dibujo #dessin #meditation #atpeace #mexicanart #artemexicano #savethemonkeys

💕The Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (GRP)💕 These beautiful #monkeys are used everyday as tourist attractions along the most popular #beaches and #party roads in #Thailand The GRP, based in #Phuket since 1992, helps these gibbons to be reintroduced into the wild. Open everyday and #free to the public, you can even adopt your own #gibbon🐒💛 For more information www.gibbonproject.org #savethemonkeys #love #supporting #grpphuket #isabellayachts #thingstodoinphuket (at Gibbon Rehelibitation Project Camp)

Settlers Pond Shelter's Facebook page. Settlers has recently rescued 2 baby monkeys from a cosmetics laboratory.

The biggest reason, in my opinion, is because more than 90% of drugs that pass animal testing fail in human trials.