Monkey and dog playing

Notes for the viewer:
The sequence was filmed on Don Det, an island in the Southern part of Lao PDR, in South East Asia.
I did not chain that monkey up, it was already tied up there underneath the bungalow I rented. It's a thing the people in these countries do and have done for a long time. They buy the monkeys for very little money and nowadays they mainly keep them as a tourist attraction. I am not a fan of it either.
In fact, an Irish friend and I freed the monkey on my last night there on Don Det. What did he do? He ran around like a madman for some 4 hours or so, then returned to the hut and calmly let the people chain him up again because he wanted food. It is sad, very sad.
Originally, I did not even want to pay attention to the monkey, so as to show these people that it's not the tourist attraction they think it is. What made me spend time with him after all, was his weeping which is hard to bear. Monkeys are social animals, they don't like being alone. As soon as I joined him, he would jump on my lap and stop weeping.
People in a lot of places have a different attitude towards animals which we can't just measure with our Western values, I guess.
But I think this monkey has a better life than 80% of the chickens bred for your chicken sandwiches. Only, noone's complaining about that. So instead of sending hate comments to someone who is only documenting this, you people could just stop eating meat and the world would be a little better already.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Lao
• monkey
• dog

[Nandee7]

How does a dog and monkey leads to racism, religion, wars, evaloution and pure evil and hate.

Shows the mentality of some people I guess.

So glad YouTube made the option to view Videos with 'Hide Comments'

[SanchodelaRoca]

Thanks for saying that, I totally agree. The hate part in these comments is the one that concerns me most.

[papopokerface]

Why on earth are people talking about religion and the creation of the universe when the real issue concerning this video is the abuse of animals?

Seeing monkeys treated like that breaks my heart. If certain PEOPLE stopped turning away and changing the subject when faced with issues like these maybe, JUST maybe we could make this world a better place for every living being, human or otherwise.

[justiceisamazing012]

let hem go!!! they ar not ment to be tyed to a rope

[Mikuruification]

@Nandee7

No it shows what everybodys thinking about right now in the world, wich is kewl

[joshie4lyfe]

that looks like my dog



[Mhogsett7]

@MarcusHolly your just like all those other warm hearted retards in the world. care for your animals more than you do your own people. stop worrying about the animals and start worrying about you countries people. you fricken animal rights activists are so stupid. you complete psychos.

[Discipline87]

@Nandee7 dog beats monkey, in this case the dog symbolises white people

[MarcusHolly]

I want that monkey released from captivity. THIS is AWFUL.

[TheDwelvest]

watch the monster quest episodes of when they search for chimps in north america and then you willl see why primates(insert a lame evolutionist comment here) should be chained up.

[whatswithyous]

monkey is like "ah, whatever...screw you man...."

[YourSkankyMom]

Monkeys need to be chained up so they don't eat babies. They are the second biggest threat to babies after dingoes.