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Posted on 10/29/2020 9:42:18 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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.
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Leftists seem to have no problem with Chinese political prisoner labor.
I guess it’s wrong to use animals to plow, or horses to pull Amish buggies, etc.
Oh, those crazy guys at Babylon Bee.......................what, wait..................
An acquaintance had a monkey. It masturbated all day and flung the semen out of its cage. I’d cap any monkey I saw running around. I won’t even watch a commercial with a monkey in it. Disgusting pieces of shit.
Here's a monkey for PETA...................
Monkey unemployment soars under Trump! Worst numbers in decades!
OK.
Somewhere there is a monkey named Ceasar who is going to be thrilled that his chains are finally removed.
This ends poorly for old white men who like guns.
I wonder what they feel about cowboys getting horses and dogs to work for them.
OMG I thought this was the Bee!
If only they were paid a living wage and had union representation. At least Democrats are for working monkey families.
There is a comedy bit by John Mulaney where he talks about people who want monkeys.
“Trust me... you think you want a monkey. You don’t want a monkey.”
It was just what you are describing. Funny in someone else’s home.
What about those poor elephants in Thailand doing paintings for the tourists?????
Yeah, that’s what I thought of. Conquest of the Planet of the apes.
I’m with you on the whole monkey thing. Ugly little violence machines. I have never understood why some folks like the little hell-spawn.
Great, now some human is going to fall and break his neck doing a job that was obviously meant for a monkey.
I like monkey business. Yale and HAAAvaud are giving out degrees in it all the time.
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