Slave monkeys get revenge on cruel owner

PERFORMING monkeys turned on their trainer - beating him senseless with his own stick.

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They went ape when their cruel owner handed out a vicious beating to one of the trio as they rode mini bicycles in a street show.

While one twisted his ears, another pulled tufts of his hair out in handfuls and bit his neck in a market in Sizhou, eastern China.

When he dropped his cane, the third monkey snatched it up and began beating the trainer around the head until he broke the stick.

The man confessed: "They were once wild and these performances don't always come naturally to them. They may have built up some feelings of hatred towards me."

Police are investigating allegations of animal cruelty and may confiscate the monkeys, as reported in the Austrian Times.

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