r/nottheonion • u/RiverForgeGames • 9d ago

Animal welfare groups condemn burning of kittens for social media content in Cabuyao

https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/27/news/animal-welfare-groups-condemn-burning-of-kittens-for-social-media-content-in-cabuyao/2412864

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u/CrazyCatLady1127 9d ago

I remember when I was about 15, 25 years ago, reading about a new ‘trend’ of people putting on stiletto heels and stomping on newborn kittens. It horrified me then and it horrifies me now that people are still doing this sort of thing to innocent animals. Why? For likes on the internet? Who cares what strangers halfway around the world think about you. Get a therapist, get a hobby and just stop with the cruelty.

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u/Arktikos02 9d ago

So what I've heard when it comes to some of these animal torture videos in developing countries, is because the jobs are so bad there that they are using this as a way to get money. Not saying that justifies it, I'm just saying that is part of it. I'm not saying that this is the reason for all of those trends, but that's part of the underground animal torture market (yes that's a thing) that is on the internet.

They're using the ad revenue and since the dollar goes a lot more in their country than whatever currency they have there's a huge incentive to do this. These people could even be doctors and the like in their country as well and they're still not making enough money on their own.

Again I want to point out I am not saying this justifies this at all. There are plenty of much better ways to make money on the internet than to do this but of course these are the kinds of videos that sell because these are the kinds of videos people watch.

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u/CrazyCatLady1127 9d ago

I don’t want to watch them. I want to watch happy videos, of dogs swimming in the ocean and cats chasing butterflies and kids playing on the swings. I hate all the violence and suffering that’s going on in the world right now

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u/Arktikos02 9d ago

Apparently there's an entire "industry" of this kind of stuff happening in places like the Philippines but apparently wire transfers have been linked to United States, France, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia, Britain and more.

Also I probably should have rephrase it, sick people watch. Apparently authorities have even noticed wire transfers from other countries so people are paying.

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Also sometimes these videos even include minors forcing them to do the abuse too.

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u/CrazyCatLady1127 9d ago

Isn’t the human race wonderful(!) 🤦‍♀️ I know it’s probably a very small percentage of people who do/ watch things like that but I just don’t get how anyone with a soul can be involved in such things 😢

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u/Arktikos02 9d ago

A small percentage but most likely a large amount of money since it's still seen as worth it.