NationofChange Itâs time for YouTube to stop promoting animal abuse Some 2,000 videos have been found on YouTube in which animals were harmed for entertainment or suffered pain and death. A snake about to attack kittens in a staged animal "rescue." Credit: Lady Freethinker/YouTube Screenshot The scene is shocking: a tiny puppy wriggling desperately against the coiled grip of a pythonâs deadly squeeze, as fellow puppies look on in terror. In a cinematic ending, a man arrives just in time to âsaveâ the squealing puppy from the snakeâs crushing grasp. This might sound like a happy ending to a terrifying ordeal, but in reality, the whole life-threatening situation was staged for a monetized YouTube videoâone with more than 1.6 million views and 7,200 likes.