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A street monkey wears a baby doll mask as it performs in a slum in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 24, 2013.
Security forces are fanning out across Jakarta conducting raids to rescue macaques used in popular street masked monkey performances in a move aimed at improving public order and preventing diseases carried by the monkeys.
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A trained monkey that has had his teeth pulled out reacts as it is being photographed in its cage in a village where many street performers live, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 24, 2013.
The city government will buy back all monkeys used as street buskers for about $90 and shelter them at a 2.5-acre preserve at Jakarta's Ragunan Zoo. The handlers and caretakers will be provided vocational training to help find new jobs.
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A handler trains a monkey in a village where many street performers live, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 24, 2013.
Animal rights groups have long campaigned for a ban on the shows, which often involve monkeys wearing plastic baby doll heads on their faces. They say the monkeys are hung from chains for long periods to train them to walk on their hind legs like humans. Their teeth are pulled so they can't bite, and they are tortured to remain obedient. The monkeys are often outfitted in dresses and cowboy hats and forced to carry parasols or ride tiny bikes.
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Health officials hold a monkey confiscated from a street performer that apparently has had its teeth pulled out, as they check his condition at an animal quarantine facility in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 23, 2013.
Many of the macaques are trained at a slum area in eastern Jakarta, known locally as "monkey village." A trained macaque can be sold for up to $135.
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A street monkey clings to the back of a busker who is caught by city security officers in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 22, 2013.
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City security officers escort a monkey busker as he was caught on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 22, 2013.
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A street monkey performs in a slum in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 24, 2013.
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A street monkey wears a baby doll mask as it performs in a slum in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 24, 2013.
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A busker gives his monkey a drink given by a city security officer after they were caught in a raid to round up street monkeys in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 22, 2013.
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A monkey follows as his handler, left, is caught by city security officers in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 22, 2013.
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A volunteer removes cages containing monkeys confiscated from street performers upon arrival at an animal quarantine facility to have their condition checked in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 23, 2013.
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A busker and his monkey flee upon spotting city security officers during a raid to round up street monkeys in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 22, 2013.
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A monkey confiscated from a street performer sits inside a cage upon arrival at an animal quarantine facility to have its condition checked in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 23, 2013.
