News Forum - Monkey business: Morrisons cuts ties with Thai coconut suppliers

[Thaiger]

British supermarket giant Morrisons declare it’s time to “make good things happen,” severing ties with Thai coconut producers linked to forced monkey labour. Investigations by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) uncovered shocking abuses in Thailand’s coconut industry, revealing young monkeys chained and forced to climb trees to harvest coconuts. Despite PETA alerting … …

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[Fanta]

ffs.. it’s one thing to prevent exploitation. It’s another to walk away from it.  So who will feed and protect the domesticated monkeys now they are surplus to requirements ?

Monkey Lives Matter 

[Ramanathan.P]

How much are Morrisons contributing globally for the welfare of the animals, especially monkeys? After all there is a huge shortage of coconut in the Asian market. Better to focus on Asian market