Monkey-Free Coconut Due Diligence Assessment

[johngross]

If you drink coconut milk you may want to check if the coconuts are being harvested by forced monkey labor. A couple of excerpts from the article.


"The Issaquah, Washington-based wholesale club [Costco] is the latest retailer pledging not to stock coconut products from Thai suppliers who have been accused of using monkeys as forced labor, officials from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) exclusively told USA TODAY."


"The Thailand-based maker of Chaokoh coconut milk, Theppadungporn Coconut Co. Ltd, told USA TODAY that it has audited coconut plantations using a third party and shared a copy of the 14-page 'Monkey-Free Coconut Due Diligence Assessment.' The report says 64 farms out of 817 were randomly selected and "did not find the use of monkey for coconut harvesting."

Costco is the latest retailer to drop Chaokoh coconut milk over allegations of forced monkey labor, PETA says

 

[bigwheelzip]

Unintended Consequences.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Did anyone actually interview the monkeys to find out if they feel forced . . .

 

[dmn57]

Is it time for the IBMW (International Brotherhood of Monkey Workers) to intercede?

 

[Rustyt1953]

Now where will I put my lime?

 

[dockmurgw]

And then one day, the monkeys revolted to exact their revenge.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIUfB06vHB4[/ame]

 

[quikdraw67]

I will sleep soundly tonight knowing that Costco sells coconut milk that did not exploit monkeys.

 

[mckenney99]

Did the monkey's owners contribute into their unemployment fund so they can at least collect unemployment now that PETA has put them out of work?

 

[delcrossv]

This has to be a joke.

Edit: It's PETA- definitely a joke.

 

[BRL40]

What's next PETA, no horses or donkeys pulling carts.

 

[Protocall_Design]

Of course, PETA doesn't care if PEOPLE were doing forced labor, just monkeys.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

You just can't make this stuff up

 

[SteveA]

You just can't make this stuff up

Well, you could, but then it would be called the evening news!

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I hope that PETA never finds out that some people are actually using labrador retrievers to jump in freezing water in all kinds of weather to fetch shot ducks

 

[tlawler]

I had to double check to see if this was an old thread from last April fools day!

 

[soFlaNative]

Does the U.S. Navy still use military marine mammals?
Tough job for a fish treat reward but I've never heard one complain.

 

[Mule Packer]

I thought this was a joke...then I saw this. The guy in the video claims he loves his monkeys like his children. If PETA is after this guy for training monkeys to pick coconuts, I'm afraid I'm in serious trouble now because I trained my kids how to pick apples, hoe corn, and stack firewood. They once asked me how much I was paying them. I replied, "Room and board."
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWEsNL-RJc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWEsNL-RJc[/ame]
Of course PETA would undoubtedly complain about dogs at the border trained to smell cars for narcotics, or bomb-smelling dogs.

 

[Rudi]

Maybe the monkeys like having jobs and being productive citizens?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Maybe the monkeys like having jobs and being productive citizens?

Monkeys gotta survive too. In fact I know one that owns a forum.

 

[CQB27]

Now where will I put my lime?