Michael Macartney, 50, confessed to the BBC his role in an extreme monkey torture network.

A ringleader in a global monkey torture network exposed by the BBC has been charged by US federal prosecutors.

Michael Macartney, 50, who went by the alias “Torture King”, was charged in Virginia with conspiracy to create and distribute animal-crushing videos.

Mr Macartney was one of three key distributors identified by the BBC Eye team during a year-long investigation into sadistic monkey torture groups.

Two women have also been charged in the UK following the investigation.

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Mr Macartney, a former motorcycle gang member who previously spent time in prison, ran several chat groups for monkey torture enthusiasts from around the world on the encrypted messaging app Telegram.

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
    11·
    3 months ago

    So that’s a “I can’t say I don’t eat meat, because I do”?

    And… still won’t be able to answer these “other ways” of managing deer besides hunting?

    Not to mention skipping how silly it is to claim dogs are the same as wolves.

    And to top it off

    Got it.

    ##Why are you arguing with something which can be checked instantaneously? :D

    https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1700398

    https://biologyofbehavior.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/are-dogs-and-wolves-the-same-species/

    Why do you feel the the need to lie on an online forum? You didn’t read the links. Hell you didn’t even read the sentence I linked.

    #The story is very romantic: man and wolf, hunting and foraging together.  Unfortunately there is simply no evidence; and if I’m being charitable, the probability that dogs evolved directly from grey wolves is extremely unlikely.  While many similarities are perceived to exist between dog and wolf, upon closer examination, the similarities are almost impossible to find.

    This](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-wolf-pack) is what you’re proposing to do in Central-European population centres, because you personally feel icky thinking about the fact that death is a natural part of life.

    Dogs didn’t even evolve from the gray wolf and definitely aren’t the same species and there are no “other ways” of managing deer, mister I-cant-stand-behind-my-words