Pai Thailand monkey tortured

Enduring a rant or two seems adequate punishment. :)

Udornla said, "they use their children an money makers, do you really think they care about an animal. here children are raised to believe they are a liability to the family, since they were born, and must repay for being raised..........what a F'g up society. use your kid for financial gain, no school, work, what ever benefits the parents now, not the future of child. all them kids you see during the day, working and riding around with parents/grandparents during school hours...........they have no future, just money machines for family. all the underage vendors working day and night, no school, no future.

in western society, you work hard to provide everything so your child gets a good start on life, here, the opposite, they are trained to take care of family, simply because they were born. no school, work now, money now, after we die, oh well, the cycle continues. i do for parents, you do for me. TIT"

Udornla, who is the "they" as in "they use their children as money makers"? All Thai people? If that's what you are saying, you are a bigot.

Muppy's post was titled, "Pai Thailand monkey tortured". I share his/her general concern and I admire that they tried to do something positive about the situation. I do think using the word "torture" was sensationalist. Abused or mistreated would sound more accurate, based on the rest of the post.

Udornla, who is the "they" as in "they use their children as money makers"? All Thai people? If that's what you are saying, you are a bigot.

bigot.............no........well sometimes, but more toward arrogance and ignorance, not any creed. change bigot to realist, as i live here and see it every day, if you don't, then you are blind. school age kids, not in school, that's a bit easy. children working all day and night selling stuff, whether walking around, or sitting with parents at night markets, that's neglect and abuse, illegal in most western countries. open you eyes, pretty hard to miss. i won't even discuss the pressure put on the women to provide, even if it means turning to prostitution. must marry whoever wants to pay the highest sin sot, yes, still goes on. my ex got sold for 100k to first husband she didn't even know. this place isn't even close to developing, still extreme 3rd world.

believe what you want, but i've seen and experienced it. so save it for someone else. take your blinders off.

People can vote with their feet - if you see animal mistreatment - and it is nearly 100% with animals in Thailand - avoid that business and as above post your observations on the net in as many sites as you can. Not only are Thai people in general ignorant of animal welfare issues (even though many have the best intentions), it would appear so are the customers - the tourists tat these animals are used and abused to attract - be aware - educate yourself and avoid and publicise any mistreatment you find.

agree with khunwilko, hmm, that's disturbing, lol, and OP, simply vote with your feet. major 'cultural' difference, though many locals don't care for this type of animal treatment either.

sorry, didn't mean to take the thread sideways, but hey, some things i see here are amazing, and sad.

OP should have put the critter out of its misery.

Or tried to buy it.

"cultural differences" is not an umbrella under which activities such as this can hide....in the same way cannibalism and female circumcision are to be deplored and campaigned against so is the wanton animal cruelty that is so common in Thailand - there is no Buddhist creed to cover this sort of stuff it stems for ignorance and greed........which most cultures deplore anyway.

There s always someone who thinks that one issue should preclude action or opinion on another - this is not a valid point of view - humans are quite capable of multi-tasking - most of us anyway.....

"Udornla, who is the "they" as in "they use their children as money makers"? All Thai people? If that's what you are saying, you are a bigot."

"bigot.............no........well sometimes, but more toward arrogance and ignorance, not any creed. change bigot to realist, as i live here and see it every day, if you don't, then you are blind. school age kids, not in school, that's a bit easy. children working all day and night selling stuff, whether walking around, or sitting with parents at night markets, that's neglect and abuse, illegal in most western countries. open you eyes, pretty hard to miss. i won't even discuss the pressure put on the women to provide, even if it means turning to prostitution. must marry whoever wants to pay the highest sin sot, yes, still goes on. my ex got sold for 100k to first husband she didn't even know. this place isn't even close to developing, still extreme 3rd world.

believe what you want, but i've seen and experienced it. so save it for someone else. take your blinders off."

Well, I do class your statements as bigoted since you are condemning ALL Thai people for what a few do. What country are you from? Let's blame you for that country's shortcomings.

Here's a little data for you. According to one source, "the attendance rate of Thai children attending primary school is still very high. The attendance rate of Thai middle-school students - measured in 2006 - was 89%, compared to a world average of 79%. Thai high-school students had an attendance rate of 65%, compared to a world average of 51%. Meanwhile, the attendance rate of Thai college students - 41% - was still considered acceptable."

And by the way, officially according to the world community, Thailand is classes as a "rapidly industrializing nation", not a third world nation.

Now, do I see the children not in school? Yes. Do I see the children and mothers begging on the street? Yes. Blaming all Thai people for that, however, is not reasonable.