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Macaque-related resources and how they can help
Contributed by Sarah Bonser-Blake, Animal Welfare Field Manager, Wild Welfare How do you meet the welfare needs of a macaque? Macaques...
May 3, 20243 min read
The Truth About Macaque People: A Surprising Answer
Contributed by Nadja Ramseyer Krog, the Long-Tailed Macaque Project A journalist recently asked me: “But is there REALLY anything to be...
May 2, 20241 min read
How International Macaque Week Came to Be
Siân Waters & Lucy Radford, Barbary Macaque Awareness and Conservation In January 2016, we announced the inaugural International Macaque...
May 1, 20242 min read
Summary: The rehabilitation and release of wildlife, with a special focus on macaques
In a perfect world, we would not need to think about spending resources to rescue, rehabilitate, reintroduce, and relocate wild animals....
Apr 30, 20242 min read
What is a civet and why should we care?
April 4th is the first ever World Civet Day and Asia for Animals is supporting Network Member Organization, The Civet Project, in sharing...
Apr 3, 20245 min read
UNEA-6: Stepping Stones Laid, But Hurdles Remain for Global Animal Welfare
The recent sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 6), held in Nairobi, Kenya between February 26, 2024 - March 1,...
Mar 19, 20247 min read
Victory! Africa-wide ban on donkey skin trade. But what does it mean for Asia?
In a landmark decision, the African Heads of State have taken a significant step towards protecting the world's donkeys by banning their...
Mar 15, 20243 min read
Animal Protection Denmark: Biomedical research lobby seeks to change monkeys' status as an Endangered species
A guest post by AfA Core Member Organization and Macaque Coalition Member Organization Animal Protection Denmark (Dyrenes Beskyttelse)...
Feb 8, 20243 min read
Red flags: how to spot primate cruelty on social media
So you've learnt that primates are often exploited on social media, so how do you decide if the content you have found is good or bad for...
Jan 30, 20245 min read
Pet primates on social media: the reality behind the screen
In this blog we will be digging deeper into the issue of primates as pets on social media. To find out even more, take a look at our...
Jan 30, 20247 min read
BREAKING - The cruelty you don't see: The suffering of pet macaques for social media content
Think that pet monkeys on social media are cute? Think again. Macaques are being abused as pets on social media, and social media...
Sep 18, 20234 min read
Reporting animal cruelty content matters - part 3
This blog is part of a series of blogs on why reporting matters. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. Now, let’s imagine this...
Sep 15, 20232 min read
Reporting animal cruelty content matters - part 2
This blog is part of a series of blogs on why reporting matters. You can read part 1 here. It is vital to rethink how reporting works and...
Sep 13, 20233 min read
PROGRESS: UK law will force social media companies to remove animal cruelty content
In a positive step for animals, social media companies will be forced to proactively remove animal cruelty content from their platforms...
Sep 12, 20232 min read
Reporting animal cruelty content matters - part 1
Are you convinced that social media platforms do not take any action on animal cruelty content? You’ve reported a video to YouTube and it...
Sep 10, 20232 min read
AfA Policy Coalition's experience at the HLPF 2023
Overview The High Level Political Forum, or HLPF, is the central platform of the United Nations to review the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...
Aug 11, 20234 min read
AfA and SMACC appeal to Meta: monkey torture content
On July 31st 2023, members of the Asia for Animals and Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition wrote to key policy-related figures at Meta,...
Aug 1, 20231 min read
Sri Lanka will not export macaques to China
Earlier this week, we were overjoyed to get the news from our colleagues at the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) that Sri...
Jun 30, 20232 min read
BREAKING: BBC documentary exposes online macaque torture groups
The BBC has released a new documentary focused on macaque torture content on social media, and the perpetrators behind this. This...
Jun 20, 20233 min read
Viral cat torture video shows why we should never engage with cruelty content, even in outrage
WARNING: In order to protect animals, please do not watch or search for the content described below. This only adds to the reach of the...
May 23, 20235 min read
Progress: TikTok updates its animal cruelty policy
Social media platform, TikTok has launched an update to their Community Guidelines covering animal cruelty content. This went live on...
May 12, 20232 min read
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