Thailand denies monkeys abused to harvest coconut products

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Thailand's coconut-picking monkeys, long a popular tourist attraction, have become a sensitive trade issue as British activists claim the animals are abused and push for a boycott of the nation's coconut products.

Thai Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit rejected the allegations made by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and declared that coconut harvesting by macaque monkeys is not a major part of the industry. He said the animals are mostly a tourist attraction and are not harmed.

Thailand exported 12.3 billion baht of coconut milk in 2019, including 2.2 billion baht to the European Union and Britain, according to the government. PETA Senior Vice-President Jason Baker rejected the Thai commerce minister's denial of monkey abuse in the industry. "Most farmers are hiring pickers with cutters on long poles to pick coconuts. Macaques are used but very rarely, " said Nukul Luk-In, president of the Coconut Farmers Association. "But during some harvests, they will use a macaque to reach a very high tree that cannot be reached by pickers. So the usage is very rare."

 

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But then they would say that

Took me a few tries to get this.

What's the difference between monkey labour, horse power, ox carts and mules?

So now we have wild animals collecting food for us? now thats sanitary !!

Canada has migrant workers picking food for Canadians, eh ? so what’s the difference ?

Canada has monkeys running the government abusing the freedom and livelihoods of the Canadian people.

We have politicians abusing power, people abusing the system (you say is racist), people abusing people in this country and your worried about some monkeys in Thailand, rediculous!

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