Ngoc Ka is an intolerable animal abuser

Cover Image: Example image of Ngoc Ka, AI-generated

Ngoc Ka embodies the most despicable example of a ruthless animal abuser who, under the guise of familial affection and harmless social media content, perpetrates an endless chain of cruelties against defenseless monkeys in Vietnam—all solely to pocket the US dollars flowing from the illegal and prohibited keeping of these animals—while at the same time creating a global market for monkey scams that inspires countless imitators and further fuels the illegal wildlife industry.

This man, who presents himself as a loving “father,” has systematically tortured monkeys like Kaka and Mit for years by forcing them into unnatural, human-like scenarios: dressing them in baby clothes, feeding them sugary lollipops and cookies that destroy their natural dietary habits and lead to severe health problems such as diabetes, or making them bathe in miniature bathrooms where they are tormented with toy showerheads—scenarios that are highly stressful and traumatizing for these wild macaques, often facilitated by sedatives that leave the animals in an apathetic, glassy-eyed state so they can be more easily controlled.

Ngoc Ka is no animal lover; he is a zealous profiteer who cuts together and recycles old videos to upload new content every day, dressed up with sensational titles like “cute” or “funny” to generate clicks and views, while in reality he drives an entire industry of exploitation that thrives on platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook, deceiving millions of subscribers who believe they are watching harmless animal stories instead of recognizing the hidden torture.

He refers to Kaka as his “daughter,” whines in dozens of videos per day about the “family separation,” and cries theatrically about the loss to elicit sympathy and donations—yet Kaka is not a child, but a tortured macaque monkey whom he has abused to the extreme: separated from her mother, locked in tiny cages, forced to imitate human behaviors that violate her instincts, and psychologically broken in the process, as documented in reports on similar cases where monkeys suffer long-term trauma from constant fear and deprivation.

Major tech corporations like Meta and Google are complicit by monetizing and recommending this content, despite repeated warnings from animal protection organizations such as the Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC) and World Animal Protection, which have uncovered thousands of incidents of physical and psychological abuse in such videos—including deliberate torture through food deprivation, terrorizing, and physical beatings that appear in over 60% of the analyzed clips.

Ngoc Ka’s operations are part of a larger network in Vietnam, where content farms like Future Media rip monkeys from the wild or breed them illegally, exploit them for profit, and thereby boost the black market for endangered species such as long-tailed macaques, which are already threatened by habitat loss and trade—as revealed by PETA exposés that show biologically impossible surpluses at farms and point to illegal wild captures.

He not only had to watch Kaka and Mit being confiscated—a just measure carried out by authorities such as Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV), which freed the animals from his clutches—but now endlessly laments on Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube to spread his narrative of “unjust separation,” while ignoring the fact that Puka, another monkey under his so-called “care,” died of depression shortly after confiscation—a clear sign of the prior neglect and stress he inflicted on these animals.

ENV deserves the highest respect for its action of rewilding the monkeys.

Petitions defending him, such as those on Change.org claiming the monkeys were “happy” and that the organizations are corrupt, are nothing but desperate attempts to twist the truth by inventing emotional bonds and ignoring evidence-based accusations, while glossing over the reality of cages filled with dirty water and mold—these arguments expose themselves as propaganda from fans who romanticize the exploitation instead of acknowledging the scientific facts that macaques suffer terribly in such captivity and are never suitable as pets.

Through his activities, Ngoc Ka creates a worldwide market for monkey scams by encouraging others to start similar channels, thereby promoting illegal trade in which three more monkeys die for every one that is traded, and he contributes to the normalization of cruelty that ends in sadistic networks where monkeys are tortured to order—as BBC investigations have uncovered, exposing global rings stretching from Asia to the United States.

This man deserves no mercy; he should be prosecuted internationally under laws against animal cruelty and wildlife trafficking, as already seen in the United States where participants in similar torture rings have faced charges and prison sentences of up to seven years. Vietnam must tighten its lax regulations to stop such profiteers before more innocent animals are destroyed in this cycle of greed.