A PETA investigation claims that Thailand’s coconut industry has embraced the cruel practices almost entirely.
Forced monkey labor on coconut plantations in Thailand is more widespread than previously known — and some US brands and retailers are still buying the country’s coconut milk despite grisly reports of animal abuse, according to an animal rights group.
“We didn’t find a single monkey-free operation in Thailand, although we actively looked for one,” said Jason Baker, PETA Asia’s senior vice president who led the investigation.in Thailand beginning in 2019 that found primates are forced to pick coconuts all day with chains around their necks. The group’s probe found “cruelty to monkeys on every farm, at every monkey-training facility, and in every coconut-picking contest that used monkey labor.
PETA investigators gathered evidence showing that the monkeys are abused by their handlers, who yank on their neck chains.When they aren’t picking, “it’s almost more tragic,” Baker said. “Then the monkeys are alone, unable to socialize, chained to trees or old tires. These intelligent animals slowly lose their minds — many of them pace and circle endlessly on the barren, trash-strewn patches of dirt where they are chained.”.
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