We constantly try to explain to a part of the society that animals are not a "property" and we fight for animal rights.
Animals are not "property". It cannot be bought or sold. For this reason, it is wanted to stop the sale of breed cats in Pet Shops. Unfortunately, animals are referred to as "valuable property and goods", not as a life, and the punishment of those who harm animals is also considered within this scope. In addition to selling pets such as cats, birds and dogs, Pet Shops; Other animals such as hamsters and fish can also be included. But apart from these, there are also species that people want to tame against nature and separate from their families because of their selfishness; like monkeys.
Monkeys are genetically the closest species to humans. If you've watched a few documentaries, you've seen the bond between families. We can say emotionally that they are not much different from us
In some species, when a baby is born in a herd, all adult monkeys want to love it and share their food. Mother monkeys try not to separate their children. Of course, behavior varies between species, but basically monkeys have strong family ties. Monkeys are not like cats or dogs. They belong to their natural habitat and live in herd. Closing them in a cage or feeding them at home; affects both their physiological and psychological development
Monkeys are often brought and sold illegally. What does it mean for a monkey to come to the country illegally? As you know, there are many different types of monkeys. However, especially "spider monkey" and "dwarf" monkey species are smuggled into the country to feed at home. Home homeland of South America "dwarf" and "spider" type of monkeys,
These monkeys are smuggled into the country by detaching their families and often keeping them chained in a cage. Although animal traffickers are reluctant to physically harm monkeys in order to sell them, monkeys are psychologically affected by being detached from their families. This situation even causes monkeys to go crazy, especially in adolescence. We will talk about this in more detail later in the article.
What is the situation with the "monkey trade" in the world? What tortures are monkeys subjected to? Many species of monkeys live especially in Far Eastern countries. In places like Thailand and Bali, monkeys are used to attract the attention of tourists. Many of these monkeys are also abducted from their families. Even the teeth and nails of the small monkey species, which are used to take pictures with tourists, can even be pulled to prevent harm to people. So the monkeys are tortured so that people can have fun.
Popular tourist destinations in Bali sell monkeys for just £ 3.80 each. The monkeys, trapped and chained in a cage, desperately await purchase. The dancing or standing monkeys you see in touristic places; He is often tortured to learn to stand on his feet like humans, hanged with his toes touching the ground for hours, beaten and starved. They are trained in this way.
Why shouldn't monkeys be tried to be tamed? The answer to this question is actually quite simple; because monkeys are not pets. They are predatory animals. Therefore, they belong to nature. First of all, taming a monkey means buying that monkey and thus becoming a partner in this wild monkey business process. - On the other hand, since monkeys are genetically close to humans, they can infect humans with many diseases. AIDS and Hepatitis come at the beginning of this. Since they are very intelligent animals, although they adapt in infancy, they stay in a cage when they enter adolescence, they are not in nature and their space is limited psychologically, it deeply affects them. Because they are far from their natural social environment. No matter how sociable a monkey is, because it is predatory by nature, they can behave in violent and murderous ways. There are many examples of this.