They called themselves "The Torture King" and "The Immolator," and they're two out of
hundreds of people around the world who consider themselves "monkey torture enthusiasts."These torture enthusiasts belong to an
international network of animal abusers who used chatroom apps to pay for and share videos of monkeys being tortured - often to death. As one man said, the chatrooms had polls in them where people could state their preferences for new videos they wanted created. The polls included
options like:
"Do you want a hammer involved? Do you want pliers involved? Do you want a screwdriver?"We must demand that governments around the world hold these people accountable for their disturbing crimes against innocent animals. Governments must also commit to continuing to investigate this global network! Sign the petition!If a person wanted to see a specific kind of torture inflicted on innocent monkeys - sometimes baby monkeys -
they could pay a small fee over PayPal to commission someone in another country to perform whatever sick action they desired.
The results were videos that showed monkeys being viciously beaten, submerged in acid, sexually mutilated, and even burnt alive.
We only know about this because a team with the BBC went undercover for a year and brought this whole disgusting ring of criminals to light. The BBC's efforts led to authorities in multiple different countries investigating and arresting approximately 20 different individuals. People who have been charged so far lived in countries that included
the U.S., the U.K., and Indonesia.It's good that governments are taking these crimes seriously and holding some of the perpetrators accountable.
But 20 people out of hundreds is simply not enough.Nations around the world must continue the investigation that the BBC started, to identify and find every last person responsible in these horrific, sadistic acts of animal torture. Sign the petition now!