Lady Freethinker (LFT) has joined a new, global initiative to demand accountability for animals horrifically tortured and abused for social media views.
An LFT investigative report last year uncovered more than 2,000 brutal videos posted to YouTube — including references to illegal dogfighting, monkeys chained up in cruel captivity, and fake “rescues” where puppies and kittens are attacked by snakes and other deadly creatures — that violated the company’s community standards, as well as U.S. and U.K. animal cruelty laws.
Animal cruelty videos also have proliferated on Facebook and Tiktok, from clips of people torturing captive wild monkeys and intentionally setting animals on fire to posing with wild animals or keeping wild animals illegally as pets.
But getting the video-sharing platforms to remove the videos — or even provide a response — has proven frustratingly difficult. That’s why numerous animal welfare groups have banded together to form the Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC) and bring an entire movement to the companies’ proverbial doorsteps.
“Lady Freethinker is excited to be a part of this international effort,” said LFT Founder Nina Jackel. “This campaign has the potential to finally end animal abuse for video views, sparing animals from needless suffering. Together, we can #SMACC animal cruelty off of social media”
An initiative of Asia for Animals, #SMACC includes nonprofit members Action for Primates, The Humane Society International, Action for Animals, Animals Asia, Environment Films, PETA-Asia, and the Wildlife Alliance.
The coalition recently launched its website, where animal champions can find information, petitions, and a public advice page with templates.
Please restore civility and help prevent sick people being inspired by horrible images. Thank you
So many times this kind of animal cruelty is ignored and allowed to happen just for pure entertainment and is not that at all….its evil stop it now
Dear
New Coalition,
To Whom It May Concern
Hi. how are you and I,am fine and how’s things with you and you need to Stop people from making Video of Animal Cruetly and put these people away for this kind of Conducted by the way I,am a Man of Christ and I,am not afraid of People like these People who treat Animal’s wrong and I, appreciate you and your kindness to as well and
I,A.
Sincerely
Jamesm. Chapman
What upsets me are the people who say they don’t even want to think about it. It makes them uncomfortable. I politely inform them that they can turn the other way because of some discomfort while the animals are without hope or help and suffering…unable to turn away and not think about it. Perhaps you can gently bring about this point. It has helped me to get the message through to them that the animals need the humans’ discomfort to work for the animals safety and well-being.
Animal abuse should never be tolerated and neither on social media as well.
I’ve been trying for a few years now, Support just don’t care, whether you contact them directly or report horrific material. At best, they just gave me some generic responses, but photos and videos are still there and monetised. I hate those people. They don’t care about videos of sea creatures mutilated by a deranged woman, nor do they care about kittens, brutalised for fake rescue. What’s worse, people are actually stupid enough to think it’s legit band keep bringing money to those who post the videos. The horrific material keeps being shared and reposted. Trying to stop it is like beating yourself against a brick wall.
Thank god that more and more people are being told about the fake rescues it’s frustrating I’ve tried to report it but YouTube makes it hard to report you can only report a video if it’s done on a computer not on your cellphone it’s kinda weird almost like they don’t want people reporting the videos
I demand a END to posting animal cruelty videos on itunes NOW! The monsters that do this a very sick and demon possessed. STOP THIS NOW!
Social media platforms literally allow snuff and crash nowadays. Sick people no longer have to go into dark web anymore. That’s just crazy!
How on earth could ANYONE torture a pure, innocent animal let alone own up to it and post it on a social media platform?? Shame on anyone who does it. God will judge them!
This cruelty will also end. For Sure!!
Very very well done! Freedom of speech or info is the greatest thing (in these absurd times too often violated, denounced and ignored(. These attrocitied should be BANNED, FINED, PUNISHED and ENDED!
Potpisujem es
What get me, is why aren’t the laws doing anything and/or doing more to stop this. They can pose as children and find pedophiles on the internet, why can’t they track these useless animal torturers who make these videos and arrest them? Why is it that animal welfare organizations have to do everything totry and help all the precious animals.Their job is neverending, and I appreicate them all. The laws and lawmakers, not so much. If the laws don’t do their part to help get these useless, brainless, morons out of society, then animals will continue to suffer. If these cruel creeps manage to get found and arrested, they are soon out and on the streets again. A vicious cycle that keeps going all because the laws aren’t strict like they should be.
Good!!! I hate animal cruelty, and posting videos of it gives these horrible people more publicity. No, they’re not “people”, they’re monsters.