The dark side of animal selfies

Dangerous trend: The craze for tourists taking selfies alongside wild animals, then posting on social media is fuelling the cruel treatment of iconic species in the Amazon, activists warn. — AFP

I WAS in Batu Caves at the beginning of this month and witnessed first-hand a tourist harassing a monkey so that he could take a selfie with it.

Armed with his selfie stick, the overly excited tourist got up really close to the monkey to take a picture with it.