Posted on 10/29/2020 5:59:52 AM PDT by billorites
The alleged use of forced monkey labor has led Costco to stop selling Thai-made coconut products.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been tracking such animal abuse since 2019, while urging retailers to pull merchandise made from the bad actors to discourage the practice, USA Today reported.
“No kind shopper wants monkeys to be chained up and treated like coconut-picking machines,” PETA president Ingrid Newkirk said in a statement, according to the outlet.
“Costco made the right call to reject animal exploitation, and PETA is calling on holdouts like Kroger to follow suit.”
PETA’s investigation found chained-up monkeys can pick around 400 coconuts a day and are then stuffed in cages until their next shift, the outlet reported.
“Just because something is legal or accepted it doesn’t mean it’s OK,” said Kent Stein, PETA’s corporate responsibility officer.
Stein pointed to the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s active promotion of the “Monkey Center,” where tourists can watch the primates learn how to collect coconuts for 300 baht, or about $10. Kids can catch the show for just 150 baht, or about $5.
“The Monkey Center is established and has turned into a new tourist attraction which becomes popular among local people and foreigners. In the center, the monkeys will be trained to collect the coconuts. Each training session takes about 4 months and requires a trainer and a student,” the tourism authority’s website reads.
“Moreover, you can enjoy other monkey shows in the center,” it continues.
One of the brands removed from Costco is Chaokoh, made by Theppadungporn Coconut Co. Ltd, which denies using monkey labor, the outlet said.
The company shared a 14-page document with the outlet titled “Monkey-Free Coconut Due Diligence Assessment” that claims 64 randomly selected farms out of 817 were not using monkeys for harvesting
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Maybe the monkeys like getting coconuts?!
They had fresh coconuts in the produce area when I was there yesterday.
Racism rears its ugly head.
My dog likes fetching, so why not?
Well, it’s better than looting.
If it was children COSTCO would be cool with it.
Now, those poor monkeys are unemployed.
I mean my dog loves running after a frisbee and bringing it back to me!
Should I prop his paws up in front of the tv, and bring him treats because retrieving a frisbee is cruel??
Sheesh!!
Of all the problems in the world, I mean, really?????
“Monkey-Free Coconut Due Diligence Assessment” GTFO!!!
LOL
Or basically slave labor from China. They are all for that!
And replaced by children who will now pick coconuts.
All that delicious Thai curry I ate was tainted with monkey harvested coconut milk?!! Just damn!
It was the blurst of times.
> Maybe the monkeys like getting coconuts?! <
Hmmm. The monkeys have two choices.
A. Collect coconuts in a protected area. Then get fed.
B. Return to the wild. Starve some days. Then maybe get attacked by a puma.
No monkey has ever asked me. But if one did, I’d tell him to go with choice A.
Monkeys doing the jobs Democrats won’t do.
“Monkeys are people, too!” — liberal Monkey Lives Matter activist.
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