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THE BAJA POST
NEWSROOM
SOURCE: PR NEWSMEDIA
Jakarta Animal Aid Network (JAAN), with the support of World Animal Protection, has rescued a troupe of 31 macaque monkeys from Indonesia’s last remaining ‘monkey dance training village’.
The monkeys have been transferred from their handlers in Cirebon and relocated to the JAAN rehabilitation center in Cikole, West Java. Their rehabilitation program will focus on nursing them back to health, both mentally and physically, and if possible, preparing for them to return to the wild again.
These long-tailed macaques were taken from the wild – from as young as eight months old – to be cruelly trained for months on end, with the aim to dance and collect money from shoppers and tourists on the street.
The typical ‘dancing monkey’ training regime involves starving, beating, and chaining monkeys by their necks, and forcing them into masks and doll outfits. The monkeys are made to stand for hours on two legs, or risk being choked. When they aren’t dancing, they are often kept in tiny single cages for prolonged periods.
