TikTok slammed by rescue animal charity for ‘glorifying baby monkeys as pets’ with lollipop

SOCIAL media outlets have been criticized by an organization that helps rescue workers “glorify” by keeping baby monkeys like pets.Show more

TikTok and Facebook have been criticized by Monkey World after rescuing a baby boy from Marmoset, Gray, Essex, this week.

Videos on the popular video sharing site show that primates are forced to "do" for their owners.

The footage on TikTok also shows a small baby monkey on the shoulder of its owner, in the UK, being fed and unveiled a separate video.

Another video, outside the UK, shows a chimpanzee licking an orange lollipop - gaining 12k popularity.

A capuchin post drinking at the tap and at the bathroom received 1.5m views.

Assistance to rescue Monkey World last week saved an orphaned monkey, named after the TikTok, after its parents tried to sell it for £ 2,000 on Facebook.

A small baby marmoset weighs only 110g, and was found in a cage when the RSPCA took it.

Little TikTok has now been renamed a sanctuary in Dorset, and given an emotional encounter with adult marmosets.

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Monkey World director Dr. Alison Cronin has spent the past 27 years rescuing and rehabilitating deer from around the world.

The sanctuary was founded in 1987 by her ex-husband Jim Cronin, who died in 2007, to rescue chimpanzees who had been smuggled into the wild and trafficked for the illegal trade in images of the Spanish sea.

Speaking to Solezwe, Dr Cronin said: “We have had seven babies in seven years, one a year. Older monkeys are very common, and we have been rescuing them from space during confinement.

“I think a lot of people, the influences on social media, when confronted with an unpleasant reality and become aggressive, say their marmoset is better known. I say they do.

“They are responsible since they were young, you can't just have a team and keep adding. A child needs parental statistics and wants that, as can be seen with a small TikTok.

“This baby monkey was sold on Facebook, and their name is just confusing and very talkative. I think these forums are dangerous, brutal, and need to be addressed.