Two American nationals have been arrested following a highly reckless and disruptive stunt inside a monkey enclosure at the Ichikawa City Botanical Garden in Chiba Prefecture.

“Punch” is the name of the adorable baby monkey. There was no violence, thankfully. All of the animals are unharmed.

And the point of this idiocy?

It was later revealed that this appalling stunt was orchestrated purely as a promotional gimmick for a cryptocurrency meme coin.

  • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    This brazen attempt to manufacture online virality at the direct expense of living animals has sparked widespread outrage across social media platforms.

    Everyone sees themselves as a theoretical hero rushing to defend animals. Yet most of those people pay for the dismemberment and slaughtering of animals. I’m so tired of the selective outrage.

    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      Dennis Leary: My fluffy little dog… He’s so cute- There’s the problem. We only want to save the cute animals, don’t we? Yeah. Why don’t we just have animal auditions. Line 'em up one by one and interview them individually.

      Dennis: What are you?

      Otter: I’m an otter.

      Dennis: And what do you do?

      Otter: I swim around on my back and do cute little human things with my hands.

      Dennis: You’re free to go. And what are you?

      Cow: I’m a cow.

      Denis: Get in the fucking truck, ok pal!

      Cow: But I’m an animal.

      Dennis: You’re a baseball glove! Get on that truck!

      Cow: I’m an animal, I have rights!

      Dennis: (pointing at leather jacket) Yeah, here’s yer fucking cousin, get on the fucking truck, pal!

      Dennis Leary, Dennis Leary: No Cure for Cancer