News Forum - HelloFresh accused of using coconut milk made using monkey labour in Thailand

[Thaiger]

PETA Asia urges HelloFresh – a global meal-kit company – to “do the right thing” and stop using coconut milk made using monkey labour in Thailand. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) says HelloFresh’s coconut milk is supplied by Suree and Aroy-D, two brands that PETA says have admitted to using monkey labour in their coconut milk production. PETA says HelloFresh have “known for years about the rampant use of monkey labour in the Thai coconut industry” but is “still refusing to do the right thing by moving its coconut milk supply chain out of Thailand.” The nonprofit […]

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[ChrisS]

Hello Fresh claim to have 'written assurances' that monkey labour is not used. The truth is they decided that was good enough and not to verify it I suspect due to the price being cheaper. Like most companies globally they like to talk ethics but in truth they do not give a damn so long as they have plausible deniability,

 

[HiuMak]

The monkeys will now be out of jobs.

[Marc26]

2 minutes ago, HiuMak said:

The monkeys will now be out of jobs.

Monkeys don't need jobs....

[Soidog]

3 hours ago, HiuMak said:

The monkeys will now be out of jobs.

Good for the monkeys. They can retire to the trees and do what monkeys do  

[HolyCowCm]

This is like the old horse saying goes, but let's put it like this: It's like beating a dead monkey.

[HiuMak]

18 hours ago, Soidog said:

Good for the monkeys. They can retire to the trees and do what monkeys do  

Like hanging around tourist areas and waiting for a feed for a photograph.

Or maybe grab those plastic bags (steal food) from unknowing visitors. 

[Soidog]

5 minutes ago, HiuMak said:

Like hanging around tourist areas and waiting for a feed for a photograph.

Or maybe grab those plastic bags (steal food) from unknowing visitors. 

Sure, why not?  They will be free to do what hey want

[Karolyn]

I'm against cruelty in animal labor practices, but westerners too use animals for labor, such as, sheepdogs and cart horses. Surely what matters is any suffering, not the fact of animal labor? 

[HiuMak]

On 11/19/2022 at 10:03 AM, Karolyn said:

I'm against cruelty in animal labor practices, but westerners too use animals for labor, such as, sheepdogs and cart horses. Surely what matters is any suffering, not the fact of animal labor? 

We live in a hypocrisy world.