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Monkey is finally rescued after cruel owner kept him in tiny, dark, rat-filled cage for 25 YEARS

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This tiny, damp hole has been his home ever since he was captured in 1991 and turned into a family pet - a spectacle for the neighbours to enjoy in this slum in downtown Bangkok, Thailand.

The rat-infested cage is so small, the macaque's muscles had all but wasted away, leaving the animal barely able to stand.

And here he would have remained, were it not for a passer-by who spotted his mournful eyes, and decided to act.

Joe, as the monkey has been called, was finally rescued last week after Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand decided to act.

With only vague details to go on - only that the monkey was somewhere in the slum - the team set out, discovering the poor creature living in some of the worst conditions they had ever seen.

 Edwin Wiek, founder of WFFT, wrote on Facebook: 'I have seen a lot of animal suffering in the last 17 years, but I would say that the condition the monkey was kept in was probably in the "Top 10" of most horrible cases.'


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