>>11994628Shingo Takagi only subdued the monkey when it had attacked 3 people and wondered if the monkey was being bullied again (this info is straight from the blog where the picture of the monkey being choked is from:
http://spora.jp/takagishingo/archive/909/0).
People think Shingo was the abuser of the monkey because of that shocking picture, when YO-HEY, who currently wrestles for Noah, and Akira Tozawa were the main persons who blogged about the monkey being tortured for comedic purposes.
YO-HEY would even write comedic blogs from the monkey's perspective (
https://peare.exblog.jp/iv/detail/?s=11361512&i=200906%2F26%2F65%2Fb0110465_7114021.jpg).
Most of the reports written at the time directly implicate them rather than Shingo Takagi because they were most heavily involved in blogging about the abuse.
YO-HEY even had a YouTube channel dedicated to the monkey being abused for entertainment.
YO-HEY was a "whistleblower" in that he unintentionally provided all the evidence for the third party source who would make the accusation. It's not surprising that he was the one who got fired.