Stop YouTuber "MONKEYDUDE"and others from posting videos of animal cruelty on social media
The Issue
November 25, 2020
YouTuber "MONKEYDUDE" has created and maintained a channel devoted solely to animal cruelty, torture and death. Of his audience of about six thousand subscribers, many leave comments promoting these practices and encouraging him to share videos that are more and more sadistic. The few disparaging comments viewed were met with mocking and bullying. The recent video I sampled had 675 comments and many were as disturbing as the video itself.
The most frequently abused animals on his site are monkeys, but other animals are also abused and killed. For example, a recent video shows a monkey climbing down from a tree with a limp, dead cat in its mouth! I stopped watching after the first 15 seconds but that video is over 20 minutes long. I don't even want to contemplate what might be in the rest of the video. This content is not only reprehensible but also dangerous and illegal. We live in a world that condemns this type of behavior yet this channel has remained intact.
"MONKEYDUDE" and his audience feel that a loophole will protect him from any disciplinary action. That imagined loophole is as follows: He claims that he does not personally film these atrocities, he merely shares other people's disgusting videos of tortured, maimed, abused and murdered animals.
However, this behavior is still illegal. To draw from an extreme example; child porn is also illegal. One can not avoid legal consequences by merely stating that they did not personally film and exploit a child, but rather just shared the film with six thousand others. Everyone involved in this abhorrent behavior should and would be prosecuted in every courthouse in the nation, no question.
There IS no defense for criminals who exploit others in such inhumane, grotesque ways, especially if those others have no voice, no power, no ability to defend themselves. Therefore, we must speak and act for them. We DO have the power, in numbers, to voice our outrage by signing petitions.
We need to stop the maiming, the neglect, the abuse, the torture and the murder of defenseless animals. It is extremely concerning to me that YouTube channels like "MONKEYDUDE" exist but far more disturbing is the fact that this channel is reaching six thousand viewers who are, without a doubt influenced in varying degrees by this sick content. Of equal importance I feel, is the need to take a deep dive into the origins of these videos.
My request is simple-- please sign this petition if you think "MONKEYDUDE" and others who post animal cruelty videos on social media should be held accountable for their actions and if you think his and other similar content should be suspended indefinitely from any and all social media platforms. This type of behavior and content must stop! Lets please speak up for those who cannot. Thank you.
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The Issue
November 25, 2020
YouTuber "MONKEYDUDE" has created and maintained a channel devoted solely to animal cruelty, torture and death. Of his audience of about six thousand subscribers, many leave comments promoting these practices and encouraging him to share videos that are more and more sadistic. The few disparaging comments viewed were met with mocking and bullying. The recent video I sampled had 675 comments and many were as disturbing as the video itself.
The most frequently abused animals on his site are monkeys, but other animals are also abused and killed. For example, a recent video shows a monkey climbing down from a tree with a limp, dead cat in its mouth! I stopped watching after the first 15 seconds but that video is over 20 minutes long. I don't even want to contemplate what might be in the rest of the video. This content is not only reprehensible but also dangerous and illegal. We live in a world that condemns this type of behavior yet this channel has remained intact.
"MONKEYDUDE" and his audience feel that a loophole will protect him from any disciplinary action. That imagined loophole is as follows: He claims that he does not personally film these atrocities, he merely shares other people's disgusting videos of tortured, maimed, abused and murdered animals.
However, this behavior is still illegal. To draw from an extreme example; child porn is also illegal. One can not avoid legal consequences by merely stating that they did not personally film and exploit a child, but rather just shared the film with six thousand others. Everyone involved in this abhorrent behavior should and would be prosecuted in every courthouse in the nation, no question.
There IS no defense for criminals who exploit others in such inhumane, grotesque ways, especially if those others have no voice, no power, no ability to defend themselves. Therefore, we must speak and act for them. We DO have the power, in numbers, to voice our outrage by signing petitions.
We need to stop the maiming, the neglect, the abuse, the torture and the murder of defenseless animals. It is extremely concerning to me that YouTube channels like "MONKEYDUDE" exist but far more disturbing is the fact that this channel is reaching six thousand viewers who are, without a doubt influenced in varying degrees by this sick content. Of equal importance I feel, is the need to take a deep dive into the origins of these videos.
My request is simple-- please sign this petition if you think "MONKEYDUDE" and others who post animal cruelty videos on social media should be held accountable for their actions and if you think his and other similar content should be suspended indefinitely from any and all social media platforms. This type of behavior and content must stop! Lets please speak up for those who cannot. Thank you.
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Petition created on November 25, 2020