Jakarta Monkey Tour, Topeng Monyet Videos 2015
Jakarta, Indonesia, May 2015. Traditional show where a long tailed
macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is dressed and perform with various
accessories can be seen all over Jakarta. Here, 5 members of the same
family and a young male monkey form a troupe performing everyday in
different streets of the mega-pole. Although the monkey is chained, it
is well treated and belongs to a human family as is shown in the movie. A
debate is going at the moment to decide whether this monkey shows are a
form of animal abuse and should be prohibited or it should be tolerated
as a tradition? Beside monkey shows, no one should forget that about
5000 macaques are exported legally every year for the international
market of laboratory animals and several other thousands are caught to
become mere pet macaques, with a high mortality rate... What activities
are representing the most severe animal abuses toward these monkeys? Our
world is full of animal abuses, but where should we start to end them?
Filmed by C. Abegg, May 2015.
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