Cruelty for clicks: Cambodia is investigating YouTubers' abuse of monkeys at the Angkor UNESCO site
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YouTuber Ium Daro, who started filming Angkor monkeys about three months ago, follows a mother and a baby along a dirt path with his iPhone held on a selfie stick near Bayon temple at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The 41-year-old said he hadn't seen any monkeys physically abused, and that he didn't see a problem with what he and the others were doing to make a living. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)A local YouTuber feeds a young monkey near the Bayon temple of an Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 3, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the world-famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)Local YouTubers stand around a female monkey as she holds her baby near the Bayon temple of an Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the world-famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)Monkeys walk on a wall at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)Monkeys rest at the Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/David Rising)Local YouTubers take videos of monkeys near Bayon temple, at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)Local YouTubers take videos of monkeys near Bayon temple, at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)A monkey drinks water from a plastic bottle near Bayon temple, at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)A monkey climbs a tree at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)YouTuber Phut Phu takes videos of monkeys near the Bayon temple of an Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Phu works as a salaried employee of YouTube page operators. The 24-year-old said he started filming monkeys 2 1/2 years ago when he was looking for a job in the open air to help him deal with a lung problem. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)A monkey climbs a tree at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)Long Kosal, spokesperson for APSARA, the Cambodian office that oversees the Angkor archaeological site, speaks to the Associated Press inside the Ta Prohm temple at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the world-famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)A blue-shirted APSARA warden holds a monkey at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)A monkey rests at the Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. Officials say some YouTubers are physically abusing the macaques to earn cash by generating more views. (AP Photo/David Rising)
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YouTuber Ium Daro, who started filming Angkor monkeys about three months ago, follows a mother and a baby along a dirt path with his iPhone held on a selfie stick near Bayon temple at Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The 41-year-old said he hadn't seen any monkeys physically abused, and that he didn't see a problem with what he and the others were doing to make a living. Cambodian authorities are investigating the abuse of monkeys at the famous Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)