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Kopi luwak coffee beans, also known as civet coffee, come from the Asian palm civet, a catlike animal found in Indonesia. Photos: dpa
A shy, nocturnal forest animal native to South and South-East Asia, in Bali sometimes up to 100 cats are held in often tiny cages on farms where kopi luwak is produced en masse, says Jason Baker, vice president of campaigns for Peta Asia.Employees of the animal rights organisation recently went undercover again to visit some of the farms that supply companies and supermarkets abroad and documented the appalling conditions.A young Asian palm civet cat in its cage in a coffee garden in Bali.
As nocturnal animals, they would usually spent the days hiding inside trees or burrows, but “in these cages, they have no place to hide, and often they are exposed to direct sunlight,” says Baker. But even those specimens usually don’t have enough space or a place to hide from the daylight. Instead they spend their days devouring the coffee cherries thrown to them by employees at regular intervals.
Coffee fans are lured with the assurance that “free-range Luwak cats select the best beans in the forest”. Those are then collected and processed by local farmers after pre-digestion, according to retailers.
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