Monkey on the beach

by **bec** » 07 Jul 2007 11:15

No i'm not talking about you men :lol:

M brother was in icmeler last week and said there was a little monkey on the beach...the man had it on some sort of Leash!
Has anyone else seen it or know of it?

Bec xx

Oh i hope not,totally cruel if you ask me.

There's an ongoing battle at the moment with people trying to save a wee monkey thats kept in a cage with no food or water in a hotel in Altinkum, the staff take it out sometimes and throw it in the pool etc seemingly it just cries and screeches al day long,when someone spoke to the manager he was quite cross with them.

by **skilly** » 07 Jul 2007 13:59

I think all decent minded people should boycott that hotel in Altinkum, kidnap the monkey, take it to a sanctuary and return and throw the hotel staff into the pool!
I agree with Collette, I would do the same thing if I saw a monkey tied up in Icmeler :evil:

by **Jula** » 07 Jul 2007 14:07

skilly wrote:I think all decent minded people should boycott that hotel in Altinkum, kidnap the monkey, take it to a sanctuary and return and throw the hotel staff into the pool!
I agree with Collette, I would do the same thing if I saw a monkey tied up in Icmeler

As far as i know they are boycotting it and are trying to get in touch with some sanctuary to come and take the monkey.

It used to be a common practice in a lot of countries to have bears,monkeys,parrots and all sorts of animals for the tourist to be photographed with.
In recent years all this has been outlawed and you will be hard pushed to see animals on the street
But it still happens so it is up to the tourist to report any ill treatment of any animals they see in any resort.

Gene

by **Lynn m** » 07 Jul 2007 15:24

When we were in Hisaronu in June there was a shop with a monkey tied up in it. I refused to even look in their window. It escaped one night and ended up sitting beside me outside a bar I felt really upset for it.

I strongly against wild animals being kept as pets.

by **jeffg** » 11 Jul 2007 12:05

if this is the case and it is a regular occurrence then it would seriously make me reconsider going back to icmeler after this year thats how strongly i feel about issues like this because Icmeler is the best destination i have been to after Florida perhalps the mods has more info

by **Lynn m** » 11 Jul 2007 13:26

Hi Jeffg

Its certainly not a regular occurence I've been going to Icmeler for over 10 years now and never seen a monkey once.

Please dont stop going to Icmeler because of one idiot.

Lynn

by **bec** » 11 Jul 2007 14:05

Yes same here i've been going every year since 1998 and never once seen anything like this.
Thats why i asked on here as i hadnt seen anything like that in Icmeler before.

Not having been to Icmeler before I can't comment on whether this has happened in the resort in the past. I saw it once in another country - a man walking along with a monkey on a chain and every so often he pulled the chain and the monkey had to clutch on to the chain to prevent from being choked. It was horrible and my distress was probably nothing compared to the poor monkey. I was prevented from intervening but I vowed never to go back. I hope I don't see anything like that in Icmeler -if I do I would want to report it - but who to? Can anyone advise on this?

by **cassie** » 14 Jul 2007 18:00

back last night and yes saw the monkey on a leash rather cruel also a man on bike ith a box of rabbits and he was flicking them to make them eat carrots wicked b******