Monkeys are being chained and forced to dress up and ride toy motorbikes to entertain crowds of tourists across Indonesia.

These shocking images show how, in one of Jakarta's most crowded slums, the emaciated monkeys are forced to act out human activities as part of a cruel circus show.

Wearing bizarre costumes and dolls masks, the long tailed macaques can be seen riding bikes, rocking horses and scooters while their owners collect money from spectators.

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Shocking: Chained monkeys are being forced to dress up and ride toy motorbikes to entertain crowds of tourists at an Indonesian animal park

Pittance: The primates are openly sold in monkey parks and bought by trainers for as little as £14

Shocking: Chained monkeys are being forced to dress up and ride toy motorbikes to entertain crowds of tourists at an Indonesian animal park

The primates are openly sold in monkey parks across the country and bought by trainers for as little as £14.

Kept in small cages, they are forced to undergo agonising training regimes to perform stunts at the Masked Monkey Park.

Some of the trainers even hang the moneys upside down, or strap their arms behind their backs, to force the monkeys to walk upright.

One of the trainers, called Cecep, told a local newspaper around half the monkeys undergoing the training died.

Abuse: Some of the trainers even hang the monkeys upside down, or strap their arms behind their backs, to force them to walk upright

Suffer: The Jakarta Animal Aid Network said that in the first two weeks of training, many of the monkeys die

Cruel: One of the trainers, called Cecep, told a local newspaper around half the monkeys undergoing the training died

He said: 'I've lost count of how many monkeys have died. It's the risk we have to take. Treating them leniently will not make them able to do anything.

'Sometimes I feel pity for the monkeys, but life is hard in Jakarta.' Animal rights activists said the practice was cruel and against the law.

Pramudya Harzani, of Jakarta Animal Aid Network, said: 'In the first two weeks of training, the monkeys suffer incredibly.

'They are hung and forced to do things humans do. Many monkeys don't make it and die.'

Punishing: Kept in small cages, they are forced to undergo agonising training regimes to perform stunts at the Masked Monkey Park



