Thai coconut industry fueled by 'rampant' monkey slave labor, investigation reveals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling for a worldwide boycott of Thai producers of coconut milk after it alleged that the industry has been engaging in a “rampant abuse” of monkey slave labor.on Monday, PETA particularly called out the food delivery service company HelloFresh for allegedly obtaining coconut milk from suppliers in Thailand that engage in the abusive practice.

“In response to international criticism following the release of PETA Asia’s two previous investigations, the Thai government and companies that make coconut products have claimed that monkeys are no longer used in the making of exported products, but PETA Asia’s new investigation has confirmed that rampant abuse of primates is still going unchecked—and that Thai coconut industry insiders are deliberately hiding monkey labor in their supply chain… HelloFresh is still refusing to do the right...

According to the nonprofit organization, they visited 57 operations, including coconut pickers, brokers, farms and monkey training schools, in nine provinces across Thailand. At each one, they allegedly found monkeys that were subjected to abusive training.

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