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      • Videos showing people saving animals are regularly posted on online platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Sadly, it has been proven that fake rescue videos have joined the ranks of these real rescues. These alleged animal rescues are a scam to generate donations and make money.
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  2. The report, Spot the Scam: Unmasking Fake Animal Rescues, comes from the Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition (SMACC), a group of 26 animal protection organisations including World Animal Protection. After investigating for just six weeks, they found more than 1,000 fake rescue videos. Many of these clips have gone viral, racking up over 572 ...

  3. Mar 4, 2021 · Videos showing people saving animals are regularly posted on online platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. It has been proven that fake rescue videos have joined the ranks of these real rescues. These alleged animal rescues are a scam to generate donations and make money.

  4. In total, World Animal Protection found over 180 different fake animal rescue videos published on YouTube between October 2018 and May 2021, seventy of which were uploaded in 2021 alone, signifying a worrying upsurge in this cruel type of entertainment.

  5. Oct 1, 2024 · SMACC’s new report, Spot the Scam: Unmasking Fake Animal Rescues, identified that kittens, puppies and young monkeys were the most commonly used animals for fake rescues, followed by snakes and turtle species.

  6. In total, World Animal Protection found over 180 different fake animal rescue videos published on YouTube between October 2018 and May 2021, seventy of which were uploaded in 2021 alone, signifying a worrying upsurge in this cruel type of entertainment.

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  7. Jun 30, 2021 · We reported 10 random fake animal rescue videos, each on a different channel, on May 11, 2021, using YouTube's reporting system. All 10 videos were still available in mid-June.

  8. How to spot a fake animal rescue video. There is a worrying new craze on YouTube – the rise of videos depicting fake animal rescues. In these videos, an animal, such as a monkey, dog or reptile, is filmed to be the ‘prey’ and is set upon by a large ‘predator’, such as a snake or crocodile.

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